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A case report of classical chikungunya fever

The present case discusses about an elderly gentleman who contracted the disease following a visit to area reported to have chikungunya outbreak in Malaysia. He had severe, incapacitating arthralgia and swelling of both hands and elbow joint as well as rash and high grade fever. His serum was tested...

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Main Authors: U., Ali,, I., Isahak,, M.M., Rahman,
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: 2015
Subjects:
Arthralgia
Arthropod borne
Chikungunya fever
IgM
Myalgia
Online Access:http://ddms.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/8477
http://scialert.net/qredirect.php?doi=ijv.2011.39.41&linkid=pdf
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spelling my.usim-84772015-12-31T08:00:13Z A case report of classical chikungunya fever U., Ali, I., Isahak, M.M., Rahman, Arthralgia Arthropod borne Chikungunya fever IgM Myalgia The present case discusses about an elderly gentleman who contracted the disease following a visit to area reported to have chikungunya outbreak in Malaysia. He had severe, incapacitating arthralgia and swelling of both hands and elbow joint as well as rash and high grade fever. His serum was tested for both dengue and chikungunya fevers as the symptoms of both the cases were overlapping. In the present case some classical clinical features such as fever, arthralgia and rash were noted. Laboratory result revealed positive for chikungunya IgM on day 5 of illness. Laboratory confirmation is essential to ensure correct diagnosis of chikungunya. © 2011 Academic Journals Inc. 2015-06-22T06:31:24Z 2015-06-22T06:31:24Z 2011 Article 18164900 http://ddms.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/8477 http://scialert.net/qredirect.php?doi=ijv.2011.39.41&linkid=pdf en_US
institution Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
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language en_US
topic Arthralgia
Arthropod borne
Chikungunya fever
IgM
Myalgia
spellingShingle Arthralgia
Arthropod borne
Chikungunya fever
IgM
Myalgia
U., Ali,
I., Isahak,
M.M., Rahman,
A case report of classical chikungunya fever
description The present case discusses about an elderly gentleman who contracted the disease following a visit to area reported to have chikungunya outbreak in Malaysia. He had severe, incapacitating arthralgia and swelling of both hands and elbow joint as well as rash and high grade fever. His serum was tested for both dengue and chikungunya fevers as the symptoms of both the cases were overlapping. In the present case some classical clinical features such as fever, arthralgia and rash were noted. Laboratory result revealed positive for chikungunya IgM on day 5 of illness. Laboratory confirmation is essential to ensure correct diagnosis of chikungunya. © 2011 Academic Journals Inc.
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author U., Ali,
I., Isahak,
M.M., Rahman,
author_facet U., Ali,
I., Isahak,
M.M., Rahman,
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title A case report of classical chikungunya fever
title_short A case report of classical chikungunya fever
title_full A case report of classical chikungunya fever
title_fullStr A case report of classical chikungunya fever
title_full_unstemmed A case report of classical chikungunya fever
title_sort case report of classical chikungunya fever
publishDate 2015
url http://ddms.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/8477
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