Systemic dengue infection associated with a new dengue virus type 2 introduction in Brazil - a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dengue infection is caused by an arbovirus with a wide range of presentations, varying from asymptomatic disease to unspecific febrile illness and haemorrhagic syndrome with shock, which can evolve to death. In Brazil, the virus circulates since the 1980s with many introductions of new serotypes, genotypes, and lineages since then. Here we report a fatal case of dengue associated with a Dengue virus (DENV) lineage not detected in the country until now.

Case presentation

The patient, a 58-year-old man arrived at the hospital complaining of fever and severe abdominal pain due to intense gallbladder edema, mimicking acute abdomen. After 48 h of hospital admission, he evolved to refractory shock and death. DENV RNA was detected in all tissues collected (heart, lung, b

SUBMITTER: Cunha MDP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8015031 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature