Suh Sang-jun, Seo Yeon Seok, Ahn Jae Hong, Park Eun Bum, Lee Sun Jae, Sohn Jang-uk, Um Soon Ho
Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Korean J Hepatol. 2007 Dec;13(4):556-9. doi: 10.3350/kjhep.2007.13.4.556.
Dengue fever is an acute febrile disease caused by the dengue virus, which belongs to the flaviviridae family, and this virus is transmitted by the bite of the mosquito Aedes aegypti. It occurs in the tropical climates of the South Pacific, Southeast Asia, India, Africa and the subtropical zone of America. Imported cases of Dengue fever and Dengue hemorrhagic fever are rapidly increasing as many Koreans are now traveling abroad. Liver injury is usually detected by laboratory investigation according to a surveillance protocol. Although liver injury by dengue virus has been described in Asia and the Pacific islands, the pathogenic mechanisms are not yet fully clarified. It is usually expressed in a self-limiting pattern and the patient has a complete recovery. We report here on a case of a young woman who presented with general weakness, nausea and significant elevation of the aminotransferase levels, and she was diagnosed with dengue fever.
登革热是一种由登革病毒引起的急性发热性疾病，登革病毒属于黄病毒科，该病毒通过埃及伊蚊叮咬传播。它发生在南太平洋、东南亚、印度、非洲的热带气候地区以及美洲的亚热带地区。由于现在许多韩国人出国旅行，登革热和登革出血热的输入性病例正在迅速增加。肝损伤通常是根据监测方案通过实验室检查发现的。虽然登革病毒引起的肝损伤在亚洲和太平洋岛屿已有报道，但其致病机制尚未完全阐明。它通常呈自限性病程，患者可完全康复。我们在此报告一例年轻女性病例，该患者出现全身乏力、恶心，转氨酶水平显著升高，被诊断为登革热。
