Febrile rash and convalescent rash of dengue fever

Febrile rash and convalescent rash of dengue fever.

A 9-year-old girl presented with fever for 4 days. On day 8 of illness, when her fever subsided, she developed hypotension. Her platelet count dropped to 15000/ml and hematocrit increased to 42.8%. She was resuscitated with fluid boluses. She developed typical dengue rash of convalescence 3 days after defervescence (Fig. 2). Her dengue serology IgM and IgG were positive, suggestive of secondary...

Skin rash from dengue fever.

To cite: Kenzaka T, Kumabe A. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013201598 DESCRIPTION A 47-year-old Japanese man presented with a history of having been bitten by mosquitoes, several years earlier in the Philippines, this resulted in a fever and a rash which dissipated spontaneously. He had stayed in the Philippines for 3 weeks, 1 month prior to hos...

Fever, rash and agranulocytosis.

To cite: Khan U, Hadid T. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2017-219403 DESCRIPTION A Caucasian woman aged 74 years successfully underwent laminectomy and decompression surgery for spinal stenosis, which was complicated by wound infection with community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), MRSA bacteraemia and endocarditis. M...

Fever and a rash.

Accepted 30 October 1996 A 37-year-old man presented with acute confusion following five days of back pain, and two days of fever and diarrhoea. On examination he had a fever of 38.7°C, jaundice, neck stiffness, conjunctival suffusion, and a purpuric rash (figures 1 and 2). His pulse was 100 beats/min and blood pressure 100/80 mmHg. The heart sounds were normal. He was tachypnoeic with scattere...

Fever, diffuse rash and arthralgia.