| Severe coinfection of melioidosis and dengue fever in Northeastern Brazil: first case report. | |
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PMID: 22370846 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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This report focuses on a fatality involving severe dengue fever and melioidosis in a 28-year-old truck driver residing in Pacoti in northeastern Brazil. He exhibited long-term respiratory symptoms (48 days) and went through a wide-ranging clinical investigation at three hospitals, after initial clinical diagnoses of pneumonia, visceral leishmaniasis, tuberculosis, and fungal sepsis. After death, Burkholderia pseudomallei was isolated in a culture of ascitic fluid. Dengue virus type 1 was detected by polymerase chain reaction in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); this infection was the cause of death. This description reinforces the need to consider melioidosis among the reported differential diagnoses of community-acquired infections where both melioidosis and dengue fever are endemic. |
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Authors:
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Rafael Nogueira Macedo; Felipe Araujo Rocha; Dionne Bezerra Rolim; Dina Cortez Lima Feitosa Vilar; Fernanda Montenegro de Carvalho Araújo; Nélia Nogueira Vieira; Juliana Rodrigues Teixeira; Maíza Colares Carvalho; Francisco George Magalhães Oliveira; Luciano Pamplona de Góes Cavalcanti |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Volume: 45 ISSN: 1678-9849 ISO Abbreviation: Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. Publication Date: 2012 Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2012-02-28 Completed Date: 2012-09-28 Revised Date: 2013-01-07 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7507456 Medline TA: Rev Soc Bras Med Trop Country: Brazil |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 132-3 Citation Subset: IM |
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Ambulatório de Doenças Infecciosas, Hospital Geral de Fortaleza, Fortaleza, CE. |
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Adult Burkholderia pseudomallei / isolation & purification Coinfection / diagnosis*, microbiology, virology Dengue / complications, diagnosis* Dengue Virus / isolation & purification Diagnosis, Differential Fatal Outcome Humans Male Melioidosis / complications, diagnosis* |
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Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2012 Oct;45(5):657; author reply 657-8
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