, Un Kyo Chung, Seo Hee Yoon, Kyung-Hyo Kim, Hee Jung Choi We report two cases of dengue fever due to DENV-1 in the family members who returned from Manila, Philippines. Case 1: A 41-year-old female visited the clinic with a general weakness. She had a fever for 5 days. When she came back to Korea, her fever had subsided. The immunoglobulin M (IgM)-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for dengue virus was positive. Case 2: A 11-year-old female was admitted to the pediatric department after reporting symptoms of fever and abdominal pain upon returning from the Philippines. The RT-PCR result for DENV-1 was positive in blood, but IgM came out negative. Dengue fever should be suspected for those who have returned from an endemic area with reports of febrile illness and rash, particularly if thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, elevated serum aminotransferase are present. Using RT-PCR and serological test, the precise diagnosis should be made and proper management should be given to prevent secondary complications.
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, Min Gyeu Hwang, Hye Young Son, Sun Young Yi The apparent acute hepatitis A was occuring among adolescene and young adults during last several years. So here we present the clinical manifestations and laboratory finding and risk factors of 72 patients with acute hepatitis A who were referred to our community hospital.
Seventy-two Patients, 6 to 40 years of age(mean ; 22±8 years) with hepatitis A identified by testing their sera for IgM anti-HAV antibody. Medical records for patients with HAV infection were retrospectively reviewed for symptoms, signs, and laboratory values.
The prevalence of hepatitis A have been increased recently, especially during last 2 years. The probable exposures to HAV included food- or waterborne source, household, foreign travel, day care centers. The clinical symptoms are not distinguishable from hepatitis due to other agents. The mean laboratory tests included total bilirubin 6.0mg/dl, AST/ALT 1064.0±1123.4mIU/mL, 1561.7±1203.0mIU/ml, respectively. All 72 patients experienced complete clinical and biochemical recovery within 6 months after onset of illness.
Abrupt increase of hepatitis A was occuring among the adolescents and young adults recently. Improved sanitation has brought our countries shifting a nearly universal asymptomatic infection in children to a less common but more significant disease expression in adults.
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