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11314815

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-4-20
pubmed:abstractText
We present a retrospective review of Hantavirus infection in the emergency department. Thirteen cases of Hantavirus infections with renal syndrome from July 1989 to August 1999 were analysed. The diagnosis was confirmed by detection of Hantavirus antibodies in all cases. Fever, chills and headaches were universally present. Intense back pain was associated in 77% of the patients. Thrombocytopenia, abnormal urinalysis, hypertransaminasaemia, increased lactate dehydrogenase were the principal biological patterns. All these parameters returned to their normal level, and all the patients recovered a normal renal function without sequels. The management is supportive. Only one patient in our series had to be dialysed. Hantavirus disease should be included in the differential diagnosis of acute renal failure with thrombocytopenia, particularly in patients with suspected exposure in known endemic areas. The differential diagnosis of any perplexing case of undifferentiated febrile illness with acute renal failure and thrombocytopenia should include Hantavirus infection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0969-9546
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
17-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Hantavirus infections: clinical presentation in the emergency room.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Emergency Medicine, Catholic University of Louvain, Mont-Godinne Hospital, Yvoir, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article