Dengue fever: a harmful disease in patients with thrombocytopenia?
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We describe 2 patients with autoimmune thrombocytopenic disease who developed classic dengue fever associated with serious bleeding and extremely low platelet counts (1000 cells/mm(3) and 3000 cells/mm(3), respectively). Such patients should be properly advised as to the possibility that common dengue fever may substantially enhance their risk for hemorrhagic complications.
Medical subject headings
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Dengue
- Dengue Virus
- Thrombocytopenia