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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Main Authors: Stalin Viswanathan, Nayyar Iqbal, P. Philip Anemon, G. Shyam Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Tropical Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/413561
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