1Unidad Médica de Alta Especialidad, Hospital de Especialidades No. 14, Centro Médico Nacional "Adolfo Ruiz Cortines", Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico.
2Laboratorio de Biología Molecular, Laboratorio Estatal de Salud Pública del Estado de México, State of Mexico, Mexico.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Jun 28;105(2):363-367. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0177.
The risk of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and dengue coinfection is increased in tropical countries; however, the extrapulmonary clinical manifestations have not been fully characterized. We report a 42-year-old woman whose clinical manifestations began with fever, diarrhea, headache, chest pain, myalgia, odynophagia, and arthralgia. Despite mild respiratory symptoms and normal chest computed tomography scan results, she was diagnosed with real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)-confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Because she had erythema and petechiae with a decreased platelet count, the dengue NS1 antigen and anti-dengue IgM/IgG test were performed, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention RT-PCR assay detected the dengue virus serotype 1 infection. Additionally, increased liver enzyme serum levels were found in the patient, who later developed hepatomegaly. Hence, the mechanism of hepatic pathology associated with SARS-CoV-2 and dengue coinfection needs further research.
新型冠状病毒病 2019(COVID-19)与登革热合并感染的风险在热带国家增加;然而,其肺外临床表现尚未完全确定。我们报告了一例 42 岁女性,其临床表现最初为发热、腹泻、头痛、胸痛、肌痛、咽痛和关节痛。尽管呼吸症状轻微且胸部计算机断层扫描结果正常,但她被诊断为实时逆转录聚合酶链反应(RT-PCR)确诊的严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒 2(SARS-CoV-2)感染。由于她出现红斑和瘀点,血小板计数减少,因此进行了登革热 NS1 抗原和抗登革热 IgM/IgG 检测,疾病预防控制中心 RT-PCR 检测到登革热病毒血清型 1 感染。此外,患者的血清肝酶水平升高,后来出现肝肿大。因此,需要进一步研究与 SARS-CoV-2 和登革热合并感染相关的肝病理机制。