Dengue hemorrhagic fever with fulminant hepatic failure in an immigrant returning to Bangladesh

Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Jul 1;37(1):e1-4. doi: 10.1086/375601. Epub 2003 Jun 25.

Abstract

An immigrant from Bangladesh living in the United Kingdom presented with a nonspecific febrile illness after visiting his homeland and subsequently developed fulminant hepatic failure accompanied by hypotension, ascites, a generalized coagulopathy, and thrombocytopenia. Serology and detection of dengue virus serotype 3 by PCR established a postmortem diagnosis of hepatic failure secondary to dengue hemorrhagic fever.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Ascites / etiology
  • Bangladesh
  • Dengue Virus / immunology
  • Dengue Virus / isolation & purification
  • Emigration and Immigration
  • Humans
  • Hypotension / etiology
  • Liver Failure / etiology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Severe Dengue / physiopathology*
  • Severe Dengue / virology
  • Thrombocytopenia / etiology