title: [Dengue fever in internal medicine: a case report].
abstract: Authors describe a case of dengue fever, accidentally seen for appearance of purple at the lower limbs, fever and fatigue. They want to signal this case not for the difficulty of the diagnosis, because the patient was just arrived from Venezuela and he went, during his travel, in endemic zones for dengue, but because this illness is very uncommon in our Country. Diagnosis was confirmed with the presence of antibody in the serum of the patient and treatment was limited to a careful monitoring of laboratory examination and at an hydratation. Recovery with return to normal value of renal and hepatic function was obtained after 15 days.
authors.affiliation: U.O. Medicina Interna, Ospedale di Albenga, A.S.L 2 Savonese, Italy.
authors.forename: Anna Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Rebuttato
authors.forename: Silvano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Califfi
authors.forename: Teresiano
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: De Franceschi
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dodero
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Durante
authors.forename: Piera
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Falletti
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gianfreda
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schivo
authors.forename: Rodolfo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tassara
mesh_terms: D003715:Dengue / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Febbre Dengue in Medicina Interna: descrizione di un caso.