Epidermolisis por chikungunya por transmisión autóctona en República Dominicana. Caso atípico y severo en un recién nacido (RN)
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Chikungunya
epidermolysis
newborn
native transmission
Dominican Republic
chikungunya
epidermolisis
recién nacido
transmisión autóctona
República Dominicana
epidermolysis
newborn
native transmission
Dominican Republic
chikungunya
epidermolisis
recién nacido
transmisión autóctona
República Dominicana
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Intituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC)
Introducción: chikunguya, enfermedad transmitida por la picadura del mosquito del género Aedes, suele ser asin-tomática y benigna en su evolución. Sin embargo, se han observado manifestaciones clínicas atípicas y severas en niños durante la infección por chikungunya.
Objetivo: presentar caso epidermólisis por chikungunya en RN de 24 días de edad durante la epidemia del 2014 en República Dominicana.
Caso clínico: RN de 27 días de edad con lesión inicial ampollosa en tórax que luego se generalizó correspondiendo a una epidermólisis. Se observó una buena evolución y lesiones residuales híper e hipocrómicas en piel.
Introduction: Chikungunya, an infectious disease trans-mitted by the bite of an Aedes mosquito, tends to be an asymptomatic and benign course. However, atypical and severe clinical manifestations have been observed in children during Chikungunya infection. Objective: To present a case of epidermolysis by Chikun-gunya in a 24-day-old newborn during the 2014 epidemic in the Dominican Republic. Case report: Case of 24-day-old newborn presenting with an initial bullous thorax lesion that later spread diffusely developing into an epidermolysis. After mana-gement, good evolution was observed. However, residual hyper and hypochromic skin lesions remained.
Introduction: Chikungunya, an infectious disease trans-mitted by the bite of an Aedes mosquito, tends to be an asymptomatic and benign course. However, atypical and severe clinical manifestations have been observed in children during Chikungunya infection. Objective: To present a case of epidermolysis by Chikun-gunya in a 24-day-old newborn during the 2014 epidemic in the Dominican Republic. Case report: Case of 24-day-old newborn presenting with an initial bullous thorax lesion that later spread diffusely developing into an epidermolysis. After mana-gement, good evolution was observed. However, residual hyper and hypochromic skin lesions remained.
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Science and Health; Vol 4 No 1 (2020): Science and Health, january-april; 71-78
Ciencia y Salud; Vol. 4 Núm. 1 (2020): Ciencia y Salud, enero-abril; 71-78
2613-8824
2613-8816
10.22206/cysa.2020.v4i1
Ciencia y Salud; Vol. 4 Núm. 1 (2020): Ciencia y Salud, enero-abril; 71-78
2613-8824
2613-8816
10.22206/cysa.2020.v4i1