[A case of imported Dengue fever with acute hepatitis].
Dengue fever is an acute febrile disease caused by the dengue virus, which belongs to the flaviviridae family, and this virus is transmitted by the bite of the mosquito Aedes aegypti. It occurs in the tropical climates of the South Pacific, Southeast Asia, India, Africa and the subtropical zone of America. Imported cases of Dengue fever and Dengue hemorrhagic fever are rapidly increasing as many Koreans are now traveling abroad. Liver injury is usually detected by laboratory investigation according to a surveillance protocol. Although liver injury by dengue virus has been described in Asia and the Pacific islands, the pathogenic mechanisms are not yet fully clarified. It is usually expressed in a self-limiting pattern and the patient has a complete recovery. We report here on a case of a young woman who presented with general weakness, nausea and significant elevation of the aminotransferase levels, and she was diagnosed with dengue fever.
Suh
Sang-jun
SJ
Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Seo
Yeon Seok
YS
Ahn
Jae Hong
JH
Park
Eun Bum
EB
Lee
Sun Jae
SJ
Sohn
Jang-uk
JU
Um
Soon Ho
SH
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D019595:Severe Dengue / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology