Concomitant dengue fever in Varicella zoster infection – a rare presentation
Varicella zoster infection is one of the self-limiting viral infections during childhood and dengue fever is an endemic infection in Malaysia, which commonly occurs in the form of nonspecific febrile illness at the initial stage. It is rare for the two viral infections to occur simultaneously. A...
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Malaysian Medical Association
2019
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| Summary: | Varicella zoster infection is one of the self-limiting viral
infections during childhood and dengue fever is an endemic
infection in Malaysia, which commonly occurs in the form of
nonspecific febrile illness at the initial stage. It is rare for the
two viral infections to occur simultaneously. A case of
dengue fever without warning sign in a five-year old girl was
reported, with early symptoms of fever and vesicular rashes.
She was clinically diagnosed with varicella zoster infection
during the first visit. Surprisingly, she remained febrile even
on day six of illness despite no new vesicular lesions on her
skin. Due to suspicion of another infection, follow-up
investigation was done and revealed isolated
thrombocytopenia. This finding was confirmed with positive
NS1Ag. A case of rare dengue fever concomitant with
varicella zoster infection was reported. |
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