Abstract

VIASUS, Diego et al. Mortality case associated with Chikungunya virus infection. Salud, Barranquilla [online]. 2015, vol.31, n.3, pp.665-670. ISSN 0120-5552.  https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.31.3.7504.

Chikungunya virus infection has typical clinical manifestations such as fever, rash and arthralgia. The disease is usually self-limiting and has a benign course. Serious complications and death occur rarely in patients with Chikungunya virus infection and usually happen in patients with risk factors, particularly in those with comorbidities or at extreme ages of life. In the present article, we describe a patient without comorbidities that progressed rapidly to multiple organ failure and died 36 hours after admission associated to Chikungunya virus infection. This case exemplifies the challenges of diagnosis and management of severe Chikungunya virus infection.

Keywords : Chikungunya; mortality; multiple organ dysfunction.

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