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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Menon, P. Ramesh
• C., Krishnan
• Sankar, Jayaram
• Gopinathan, K. M.
• Mohan, Girija

Titel

A Child with Serious Chikungunya Virus (CHIKV) Infection Requiring Intensive Care, After an Outbreak

Ist Teil von

• Indian journal of pediatrics, 2010-11, Vol.77 (11), p.1326-1328

Ort / Verlag

India: Springer-Verlag

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

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MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A 5 1/2-yr-old boy presented with high grade fever for 4 days, and cervical adenitis, body ache, arthralgia, followed by sudden onset of breathlessness. He had clinical, electrocardiographic and echo evidence of myocarditis and congestive cardiac failure. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (MAC-IgM ELISA) with serum collected 5 days after disease onset showed IgM antibodies to CHIKV. He was managed conservatively and started showing symptomatic improvement by 3 days. At discharge, a repeat Echocardiogram (a week later) showed normal left ventricular (LV) function with mild Mitral regurgitation. On follow up, after 2 months, child remains asymptomatic. Other common aetiological agents were screened for and found negative. This may indicate a probable cardiac tropism for the virus.