Intensive Care Admissions for Severe Chikungunya Virus Infection, French Polynesia

During the 2014–2015 chikungunya outbreak in French Polynesia, 64 patients with confirmed chikungunya virus infection were admitted into intensive care. Sixty-three were nonpregnant adults; 11 had an atypical form, 21 had severe sepsis or septic shock, and 18 died. These findings indicate that criti...

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Autores principales: Koeltz, Adrien, Lastere, Stephane, Jean-Baptiste, Sylvain
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5875279/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29553334
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2404.161536
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description During the 2014–2015 chikungunya outbreak in French Polynesia, 64 patients with confirmed chikungunya virus infection were admitted into intensive care. Sixty-three were nonpregnant adults; 11 had an atypical form, 21 had severe sepsis or septic shock, and 18 died. These findings indicate that critical illness frequently complicates the course of chikungunya virus infection.
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spelling pubmed-58752792018-04-06 Intensive Care Admissions for Severe Chikungunya Virus Infection, French Polynesia Koeltz, Adrien Lastere, Stephane Jean-Baptiste, Sylvain Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter During the 2014–2015 chikungunya outbreak in French Polynesia, 64 patients with confirmed chikungunya virus infection were admitted into intensive care. Sixty-three were nonpregnant adults; 11 had an atypical form, 21 had severe sepsis or septic shock, and 18 died. These findings indicate that critical illness frequently complicates the course of chikungunya virus infection. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5875279/ /pubmed/29553334 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2404.161536 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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title_full Intensive Care Admissions for Severe Chikungunya Virus Infection, French Polynesia
title_fullStr Intensive Care Admissions for Severe Chikungunya Virus Infection, French Polynesia
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title_short Intensive Care Admissions for Severe Chikungunya Virus Infection, French Polynesia
title_sort intensive care admissions for severe chikungunya virus infection, french polynesia
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5875279/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29553334
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2404.161536
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