title: Dengue fever presenting with acute colitis.
abstract: Gastrointestinal manifestations of dengue fever are mainly in the form of bleeding or liver function abnormalities. Dengue fever presenting as acute colitis-like picture is not reported to date. We report a 50-year-old man with dengue fever presenting with lower gastrointestinal bleeding and colonoscopic features of acute inflammatory colitis.
authors.affiliation: Department Of Gastroenterology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Panjagutta, Hyderabad, India. ramakappa69@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Rama Krishna
authors.forename: Shivanand
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Patil
authors.forename: Grs
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Srinivas Rao
authors.forename: Ajit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D003092:Colitis / Q000209:etiology*; D003715:Dengue / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged