Gomez-Francisco, Meza-Elba, Benitez-Sosa CS

Language: Spanish
References: 9
Page: 93-96
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ABSTRACT

A case of suspected dengue is defined as any person of any age and sex who presents fever, less than seven (7) days long without upper airway involvement or other defined etiology, accompanied by two or more of the following signs: Headache and / or retroocular pain, malaise, myoartralgia, diarrhea, vomiting, anorexia and nausea, skin rashes, petechiae or positive tourniquet test, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia and who is or has been in an area of proven viral transmission. The objective of this work is to alert the Clinical or Primary Care Physician about the possibility of a concomitant presentation of pharyngeal pharyngitis with cases of dengue. Describing two cases that presented both nosological entities, that of adhering to the definition of a case of a dengue suspect, would imply discarding the diagnosis of dengue with the consequent dissemination of the disease since the corresponding focus control measures were not carried out. The province of Corrientes, Argentina, during 2016, confirmed 648 cases of dengue to DEN 1, of which 52 cases (8%) presented pharyngotonsillitis, an important number if one takes into account the risk of not registering them and of not knowing carrier of the same and ignore the alarm symptoms can become deadly if they are not detected on time.

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