Fatal Fulminant Hepatic Failure in a Diabetic with Primary Dengue
We report a 49-year-old diabetic with dengue hemorrhagic fever who developed fulminant hepatitis, severe coagulopathy, shock, and refractory metabolic acidosis and died on the eighth day of illness. This is the only second report of an adult with fatal fulminant hepatic failure due to dengue, and th...
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| author | Stalin Viswanathan Nayyar Iqbal P. Philip Anemon G. Shyam Kumar |
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| description | We report a 49-year-old diabetic with dengue hemorrhagic fever who developed fulminant hepatitis, severe coagulopathy, shock, and refractory metabolic acidosis and died on the eighth day of illness. This is the only second report of an adult with fatal fulminant hepatic failure due to dengue, and the first case arising from a primary dengue infection. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b54a60e1a3d54701a91ad92dff18a1eb2025-02-03T06:42:01ZengWileyJournal of Tropical Medicine1687-96861687-96942010-01-01201010.1155/2010/413561413561Fatal Fulminant Hepatic Failure in a Diabetic with Primary DengueStalin Viswanathan0Nayyar Iqbal1P. Philip Anemon2G. Shyam Kumar3Department of Medicine, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalapet, Pondicherry 605014, IndiaDepartment of Medicine, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalapet, Pondicherry 605014, IndiaDepartment of Medicine, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalapet, Pondicherry 605014, IndiaDepartment of Medicine, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalapet, Pondicherry 605014, IndiaWe report a 49-year-old diabetic with dengue hemorrhagic fever who developed fulminant hepatitis, severe coagulopathy, shock, and refractory metabolic acidosis and died on the eighth day of illness. This is the only second report of an adult with fatal fulminant hepatic failure due to dengue, and the first case arising from a primary dengue infection.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/413561 |
| spellingShingle | Stalin Viswanathan Nayyar Iqbal P. Philip Anemon G. Shyam Kumar Fatal Fulminant Hepatic Failure in a Diabetic with Primary Dengue Journal of Tropical Medicine |
| title | Fatal Fulminant Hepatic Failure in a Diabetic with Primary Dengue |
| title_full | Fatal Fulminant Hepatic Failure in a Diabetic with Primary Dengue |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Fatal Fulminant Hepatic Failure in a Diabetic with Primary Dengue |
| title_short | Fatal Fulminant Hepatic Failure in a Diabetic with Primary Dengue |
| title_sort | fatal fulminant hepatic failure in a diabetic with primary dengue |
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