The importance of anamnesis in differential diagnosis: a case of SARS-CoV-2 and dengue virus co-infection

Andrea Giacomelli; Gabriele Pagani; Alice Covizzi; Spinello Antinori; Dario Cattaneo; Cristina Gervasoni

The importance of anamnesis in differential diagnosis: a case of SARS-CoV-2 and dengue virus co-infection

Infez Med. 2021 Mar 1;29(1):114-116.

Authors

Andrea Giacomelli¹, Gabriele Pagani², Alice Covizzi², Spinello Antinori², Dario Cattaneo³, Cristina Gervasoni⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy; Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences "L. Sacco", Università degli Studi di Milano, Italia.
³ Gestione Ambulatoriale Politerapie (GAP) Outpatient Clinic, ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco, University Hospital, Milan, Italy; Unit of Clinical Pharmacology, ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases, ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy; Gestione Ambulatoriale Politerapie (GAP) Outpatient Clinic, ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco, University Hospital, Milan, Italy.

PMID: 33664180

Abstract

Dengue fever should be included in the differential diagnosis of febrile illness even if another infection such as COVID-19 has been found in returning travellers from tropical and sub-tropical area where dengue virus circulates epidemically. We describe a 40-year-old man diagnosed with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 and dengue fever during the COVID-19 outbreak in Milan, Italy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
COVID-19 / diagnosis*
Coinfection / diagnosis*
Coinfection / virology
Communicable Diseases, Imported / diagnosis
Communicable Diseases, Imported / virology
Dengue / diagnosis*
Dengue Virus
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Male
Medical History Taking*
SARS-CoV-2*
Travel