Trouble in paradise.

نویسندگان

  • Karen B Brust
  • Whitney S Prince
  • Robert C Fader
چکیده

An otherwise healthy 35-year-old woman presented to our clinic in Central Texas complaining of malaise, whole body rash, and joint pain of 2 days duration. She had recently returned from her honeymoon in Bora Bora after a ten day stay. She stayed in an air-conditioned resort but did sleep a few nights under a mosquito tent in the tropical forest where she suffered from multiple insect bites. On physical examination, she was afebrile. She had conjunctivitis and an erythematous maculopapular eruption on trunk and extremities as well as a lower extremity petechial eruption (Fig. 1). Labs revealed a white blood count of 4400 cells/mL and normal platelet count. An arboviral illness was suspected and as French Polynesia is currently experiencing an outbreak of Zika fever [1], we contacted the CDC Arboviral division for specific ELISA Antibody testing. Our patient had positive IgM ELISA testing for both Zika and Dengue (as cross-reactivity of tests commonly

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • IDCases

دوره 1 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014