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Perfil clínico, hematológico y serológico en pacientes con sospecha de dengue del IICS-UNA, 2009-2013

Authors

  • Alejandro Díaz
  • Laura Aria Author
  • Yvalena Guillén Author
  • Ma. Eugenia Acosta Author
  • Belén Infanzón Author
  • Valentina Díaz Author
  • Liz López Author
  • Teresa Meza Author
  • Oscar Riveros Author

Keywords:

Dengue, síntomas, IgM, perfil hematológico

Abstract

El dengue constituye una de las enfermedades transmitidas por mosquitos más importante a nivel mundial. La enfermedad puede cursar con un cuadro asintomático, presentarse con un amplio rango de manifestaciones clínicas inespecíficas o cierto porcentaje puede derivar en casos graves. Este estudio observacional descriptivo de corte transverso tuvo como objetivo determinar las características clínicas, parámetros hematológicos y presencia de IgM en 92 pacientes que acudieron al IICS-UNA con sospecha clínica de dengue en el periodo 2009 al 2013. Se utilizó el MAC-ELISA desarrollado en el IICS-UNA, se registraron los datos clínicos-epidemiológicos a través de una encuesta y se determinaron los parámetros hematológicos. Se obtuvieron resultados positivos para IgM en 51/92 (55%) pacientes y resultados negativos en 41/92 (45%). Las características clínicas más frecuentes fueron: fiebre, cefalea, mialgias y artralgias. Entre los pacientes con IgM positiva, 14/51 (27%) manifestaron dolores abdominales, 19/51 (37%) reportaron letargo o postración y 20/51 (39%) declararon tener náuseas y/o vómitos, 4/51 (8%) presentaron leucopenia, 10/51 (20%) valores de hematocrito disminuido y 6/51 (12%) plaquetopenia. Sólo 13/92 (14%) pacientes declararon haber cursado con la enfermedad anteriormente. Del total de pacientes, 4/92 (4%) manifestaron haber presentado algún tipo de hemorragia. Los resultados obtenidos en el estudio refuerzan la importancia de integrar todos los parámetros posibles: detección de IgM, perfil hematológico y la clínica del paciente con sospecha de dengue para brindar un mejor diagnóstico. Así también, es necesario resaltar en cuanto a los signos de alarma para una intervención rápida a fin de evitar complicaciones.

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Published

2016-08-01

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 2 (2016): Mayo-Agosto

Section

Original Articles

How to Cite

Díaz, A., Aria, L., Guillén, Y., Acosta, M. E., Infanzón, B., Díaz, V., López, L., Meza, T., & Riveros, O. (2016). Perfil clínico, hematológico y serológico en pacientes con sospecha de dengue del IICS-UNA, 2009-2013. Memorias Del Instituto De Investigaciones En Ciencias De La Salud, 14(2). https://revistascientificas.una.py/index.php/RIIC/article/view/1860