Dengue infection in children and adolescents: Clinical profile in a reference hospital in northeast Brazil

Introduction This study aimed to describe the clinical spectrum of dengue in children and adolescents from a hyperendemic region who were admitted for hospitalization. Methods A retrospective study was conducted on patients diagnosed with dengue infection upon admission to a reference center in Fort...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Roberto da Justa Pires Neto, Saulo Lacerda Borges de Sa, Stella Catunda Pinho, Felicia Holanda Pucci, Cristiana Rodrigues Teofilo, Priscila Dourado Evangelista, Camila Silva The, Daniel Eduardo Garcia Bezerra, Juliana Cynara Santos Lima, Henrique Jorge Ponte, Elizabeth De Francesco Daher, Ivo Castelo Branco Coelho
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2013
Subjects:
Dengue fever
Dengue hemorrhagic fever
Clinical profile
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-1716-2013
https://doaj.org/article/08e011c4445348a1af6c009b3943368c
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Summary:Introduction This study aimed to describe the clinical spectrum of dengue in children and adolescents from a hyperendemic region who were admitted for hospitalization. Methods A retrospective study was conducted on patients diagnosed with dengue infection upon admission to a reference center in Fortaleza, Brazil. Results Of the 84 patients included, 42 underwent confirmatory testing. The main symptoms were fever, abdominal pain and vomiting. The median level of serum aspartate aminotransferase was 143.5±128mg/dL. Conclusions A peculiar clinical profile was evident among children and adolescents with dengue infection in a reference center in northeast Brazil, including gastrointestinal symptoms and liver involvement.

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