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| Four Cases of Dengue Fever-Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever and Domestic Literature Review |
| Moon Han Choi, M.D., Eun Ju Choo, M.D., Tae Hyong Kim, M.D., Min Hyok Jeon, M.D.,Eui Ju Park, M.D., Dong Won Shin, M.D., Sul Hee Yi, M.D. and Jong Hyo Choi, M.D. |
| Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University, Bucheon, Korea |
Vol.40 Num.6 (p350~355)
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Dengue virus infection is an emerging imported disease in Korea. A total of 4 cases of dengue fever or dengue hemorrhagic fever diagnosed at Soonchunhyang University Hospital in Bucheon between January 2001 and December 2007 were retrospectively reviewed. In addition, relevant domestic literatures from Korean bibliographic databases, which matched ‘dengue fever’, ‘dengue hemorrhagic fever’ or ‘dengue shock syndrome’ as key words, have been reviewed. Ten articles (13 patients) met the inclusion criteria and were included in this review. All the patients except for one, who was infected in Africa, were infected in Asian countries: Philippines (4), Indonesia (3), India (2), Cambodia (2), Sri Lanka (1), Thailand (1), Bangladesh (1), Myanmar (1), and Malaysia (1). Clinical manifestations after returning from abroad were as follows: fever (100%), chills (82%), headache (65%), myalgia (53%), nausea (41%), neutropenia (82%), thrombocytopenia (82 %), and elevation of AST (82%) and ALT (53%). Most of the patients improved with conservative care except for one who died of dengue shock syndrome.
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Keywords : Dengue fever, Dengue hemorrhagic fever, Imported disease |
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