Ludwig's angina after severe thrombocytopenic purpura associated with dengue fever

Here, we report a case of Ludwig's angina, which required surgery because of toothache. The patient had dengue and severe thrombocytopenia as confirmed by clinical and laboratory diagnoses. However, dengue is not included among the predisposing factors for Ludwig's angina.

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Maria Antonia Campos, Mário Lúcio Cerqueira Prota Junior, Carlos Augusto Gomes, Karina Peisino do Amaral, Diogo Campos Almeida
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2014
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0054-2013
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:08e73f5b8ba443ae812665c6421f1ac0 2023-05-15T14:53:52+02:00 Ludwig's angina after severe thrombocytopenic purpura associated with dengue fever Maria Antonia Campos Mário Lúcio Cerqueira Prota Junior Carlos Augusto Gomes Karina Peisino do Amaral Diogo Campos Almeida 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0054-2013 https://doaj.org/article/08e73f5b8ba443ae812665c6421f1ac0 EN eng Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822014000100116&lng=en&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9849 1678-9849 doi:10.1590/0037-8682-0054-2013 https://doaj.org/article/08e73f5b8ba443ae812665c6421f1ac0 Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 47, Iss 1, Pp 116-118 (2014) Ludwig's angina Dengue Thrombocytopenia Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2014 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0054-2013 2022-12-30T23:18:06Z Here, we report a case of Ludwig's angina, which required surgery because of toothache. The patient had dengue and severe thrombocytopenia as confirmed by clinical and laboratory diagnoses. However, dengue is not included among the predisposing factors for Ludwig's angina. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 47 1 116 118
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Dengue
Thrombocytopenia
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
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Dengue
Thrombocytopenia
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Maria Antonia Campos
Mário Lúcio Cerqueira Prota Junior
Carlos Augusto Gomes
Karina Peisino do Amaral
Diogo Campos Almeida
Ludwig's angina after severe thrombocytopenic purpura associated with dengue fever
topic_facet Ludwig's angina
Dengue
Thrombocytopenia
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
description Here, we report a case of Ludwig's angina, which required surgery because of toothache. The patient had dengue and severe thrombocytopenia as confirmed by clinical and laboratory diagnoses. However, dengue is not included among the predisposing factors for Ludwig's angina.
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author Maria Antonia Campos
Mário Lúcio Cerqueira Prota Junior
Carlos Augusto Gomes
Karina Peisino do Amaral
Diogo Campos Almeida
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Mário Lúcio Cerqueira Prota Junior
Carlos Augusto Gomes
Karina Peisino do Amaral
Diogo Campos Almeida
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title_full_unstemmed Ludwig's angina after severe thrombocytopenic purpura associated with dengue fever
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