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. 2019 Apr 11:52:e20180232.
doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0232-2018.

Clinical and laboratory profiles of children with severe chikungunya infection

Francisca Lillyan Christyan Nunes Beserra  1 , Gustavo Mesquita Oliveira  1 , Tino Miro Aurélio Marques  1 , Luís Arthur Brasil Gadelha Farias  1 , Janete Romão Dos Santos  1 , Elizabeth De Francesco Daher  2 , Robério Dias Leite  3   4 , Evelyne Santana Girão  1   4 , Roberto da Justa Pires Neto  1   4
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Clinical and laboratory profiles of children with severe chikungunya infection

Francisca Lillyan Christyan Nunes Beserra et al. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. .
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Abstract

Introduction: Chikungunya infection presents with distinct clinical features depending on the patient age group.

Methods: Medical records of children with positive IgM for the chikungunya virus who were hospitalized in a pediatric ward in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil were analyzed.

Results: Fourteen children with a median age of 4 months (36 days to 15 years) were included. All patients presented with fever persisting for an average of 5 days. The joints were involved in 6 (42.8%) children, and 8 (57.1%) children presented with bullous rash.

Conclusions: Systemic involvement and atypical clinical manifestations characterize severe forms of chikungunya infection in children.

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