Dengue fever presenting as acute liver failure-a case report

作     者：Rajat Jhamb Bineeta Kashyap Ranga GS Kumar A 

作者机构：Department of MedicineUniversity College of Medical Sciences & Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital Department of MicrobiologyUniversity College of Medical Sciences & Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital 

出 版 物：《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine》 (亚太热带医药杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2011年第4卷第4期

页      面：323-324页

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学科分类：1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 100401[医学-流行病与卫生统计学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Arboviral Dengue Haemorrhagic fever Hepatic disfunction Mosquito borne disease 

摘      要：Dengue fever(DF) and dengue haemorrhagic fever(DHF) are important mosquito-borne viral diseases of humans and recognized as important emerging infectious diseases in the tropics and *** to nine reporting countries in the 1950s,today the geographic distribution includes more than 100 countries *** viral infections are known to present a diverse clinical spectrum,ranging from asymptomatic illness to fatal dengue shock syndrome. Mild hepatic dysfunction in dengue haemorrhagic fever is ***,its presentation as acute liver failure(ALF) is *** report a patient with dengue shock syndrome who presented with acute liver failure and hepatic encephalopathy in a recent outbreak of dengue fever in Delhi,India.