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Omsk haemorrhagic fever is an acute viral disease prevalent in some regions of western Siberia in Russia. The symptoms of this disease include fever, headache, nausea, severe muscle pain, cough, and moderately severe haemorrhagic manifestations. A third of patients develop pneumonia, nephrosis,
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the clinical features of patients with microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) and alveolar hemorrhage (AH), so as to raise the physicians' understanding of this condition.
METHODS
The clinical data of 15 MPA patients combined with AH, who were hospitalized in Peking Union Medical
In developed countries, scurvey is quite rare and can be seen in children with severely restricted diets, related to psychiatric or developmental problems. Clinical presentation can include arthralgias/arthritis, myalgias, hemarthrosis, purpura and ecchymosis. We report two cases of nutritional
We report a case of a 48-year-old man from western Austria with severe leptospirosis. This disease occurs worldwide but predominates in the tropics. The infectious urine of a wide variety of domestic and wild animals mediates transmission of the infection, which characteristically has a biphasic
Diffuse pulmonary hemorrhage leading to death is a syndrome which may develop in leptospirosis, but its pathophysiology is not well documented. We report an autopsy case of leptospirosis. A healthy 41-year-old man presented with low back myalgia, dry cough and fever for 4 days and a normal chest
The Argentine hemorrhagic fever (AHF) is an infectious disease, endemo-epidemical, of viral etiology, produced by the Junin virus and limited to the Buenos Aires Province, South of Córdoba, East of La Pampa, and South of Santa Fe. It generally assails rural workers at harvest-time, especially during
Thirteen cases of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) have been observed in the Nancy area. Ten occurred during the summer of 1983 and three in April and May 1985. The clinical characteristics were in each case very typical: abrupt onset with high fever, myalgia, intense lumbar and
BACKGROUND
Reliable on-site polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing for Marburg hemorrhagic fever (MHF) is not always available. Therefore, clinicians triage patients on the basis of presenting symptoms and contact history. Using patient data collected in Uige, Angola, in 2005, we assessed the
The report describes a 32-year-old man with dengue hemorrhagic fever presenting with acute onset high-grade intermittent fever with chills and rigors, headache, myalgia, abdominal pain, and vomiting. His laboratory results revealed neutrophilia, thrombocytopenia, microscopic hematuria, and a
OBJECTIVE
To report the clinical, laboratory and sonographic findings in 76 adult cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF).
METHODS
A dengue 3 epidemic occurred in Havana City from June 2001 to March 2002. 12,889 cases were reported, with 81 DHF cases. From this, 76 serologically confirmed cases were
BACKGROUND
Dengue is the most prevalent and fast spreading arboviral infection affecting people. No specific drug is available to treat dengue. Thrombocytopenia with potential of serious hemorrhages is one of the hall mark features of dengue. Immune thrombocytopenic purpura is an autoimmune disease
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) is a tick-borne virus of the genus Nairovirus within the family Bunyaviridae. Infection can result in general myalgia, fever, and headache with some patients developing hemorrhagic fever with mortality rates ranging from 5% to 30%. CCHFV has a wide
OBJECTIVE
This study investigated the clinical manifestations and risk factors for dengue fever (DF) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and disease severity during the 2002 outbreak in the Kaohsiung area.
METHODS
We analyzed the clinical characteristics of 644 patients with virologically or
The cases of two patients with chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia associated with periarteritis nodosa-like, antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody negative, systemic vasculitis, are reported. A 61 year old man was admitted with fever, diffuse myalgia, and abdominal pain. Blood and bone marrow