Fatal pulmonary haemorrhage in co-infection with dengue and leptospirosis

Leptospirosis is an emerging infectious disease with worldwide distribution. Its symptoms may mimic a number of other infections such as dengue, malaria, hepatitis and typhoid fever, particularly in tropical countries where these diseases are endemic. Similarly, dengue is an important infectious dis...

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Main Authors:	Zyneelia Husain, Hashim E
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11877/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11877/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11877/1/19_zyneelia_et_al_pdf_49243.pdf

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spelling	ukm-118772018-07-10T04:39:46Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11877/ Fatal pulmonary haemorrhage in co-infection with dengue and leptospirosis Zyneelia Husain, Hashim E, Leptospirosis is an emerging infectious disease with worldwide distribution. Its symptoms may mimic a number of other infections such as dengue, malaria, hepatitis and typhoid fever, particularly in tropical countries where these diseases are endemic. Similarly, dengue is an important infectious disease that poses as a public health emergency due to its rapid epidemic spread across the world. Here, we report a fatal case of dengue fever in a patient who was also serologically positive for leptospirosis. Co-infection of both dengue and leptospirosis can lead to an illness with overlapping symptoms and therefore present a clinical diagnostic dilemma to the treating physician. Hence, a high index of suspicion among clinicians is required, especially in high endemic areas. The optimal usage of antigen-based rapid diagnostic tests is essential to aid the clinicians to make timely and accurate diagnosis as well as to start appropriate treatment regimes. Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11877/1/19_zyneelia_et_al_pdf_49243.pdf Zyneelia Husain, and Hashim E, (2017) Fatal pulmonary haemorrhage in co-infection with dengue and leptospirosis. Medicine & Health, 12 (1). pp. 131-137. ISSN 2289-5728 http://www.medicineandhealthukm.com/toc/12/1
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description	Leptospirosis is an emerging infectious disease with worldwide distribution. Its symptoms may mimic a number of other infections such as dengue, malaria, hepatitis and typhoid fever, particularly in tropical countries where these diseases are endemic. Similarly, dengue is an important infectious disease that poses as a public health emergency due to its rapid epidemic spread across the world. Here, we report a fatal case of dengue fever in a patient who was also serologically positive for leptospirosis. Co-infection of both dengue and leptospirosis can lead to an illness with overlapping symptoms and therefore present a clinical diagnostic dilemma to the treating physician. Hence, a high index of suspicion among clinicians is required, especially in high endemic areas. The optimal usage of antigen-based rapid diagnostic tests is essential to aid the clinicians to make timely and accurate diagnosis as well as to start appropriate treatment regimes.
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author	Zyneelia Husain, Hashim E,
spellingShingle	Zyneelia Husain, Hashim E, Fatal pulmonary haemorrhage in co-infection with dengue and leptospirosis
author_facet	Zyneelia Husain, Hashim E,
author_sort	Zyneelia Husain,
title	Fatal pulmonary haemorrhage in co-infection with dengue and leptospirosis
title_short	Fatal pulmonary haemorrhage in co-infection with dengue and leptospirosis
title_full	Fatal pulmonary haemorrhage in co-infection with dengue and leptospirosis
title_fullStr	Fatal pulmonary haemorrhage in co-infection with dengue and leptospirosis
title_full_unstemmed	Fatal pulmonary haemorrhage in co-infection with dengue and leptospirosis
title_sort	fatal pulmonary haemorrhage in co-infection with dengue and leptospirosis
publisher	Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2017
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11877/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11877/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11877/1/19_zyneelia_et_al_pdf_49243.pdf
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Fatal pulmonary haemorrhage in co-infection with dengue and leptospirosis

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