Title
Coinfection of dengue and leptospirosis in a girl from the peruvian amazon
Other title
Coinfección por dengue y leptospirosis en una niña de la amazonía peruana
Date Issued
01 January 2015
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Instituto Nacional de Salud
Abstract
We report the case of a 10 year old girl, born and raised in the city of Iquitos in Peru who presented with headache, fever, chills, musculoskeletal pain, mild epigastric pain, epistaxis and hematemesis. On physical examination, the patient was afebrile and in good general condition. Serological tests confirmed infection of dengue and leptospirosis. The patient received intravenous hydration with sodium chloride 0.9% and penicillin G sodium, achieving a favorable clinical course such that she was discharged a few days after admission to the hospital. Although these diseases are common in the Peruvian Amazon, the simultaneous presence of both in the pediatric population is little documented; therefore, a good clinical history and laboratory tests are important for diagnosis and treatment..
Start page
179
End page
182
Volume
32
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Parasitología
Parasitología
Enfermedades infecciosas
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84930683114
PubMed ID
Source
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
ISSN of the container
17264634
Sources of information:
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