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    Infect Chemother. 2012 Aug;44(4):307-309. Korean.
    Published online Aug 31, 2012.
    https://doi.org/10.3947/ic.2012.44.4.307
    Copyright © 2012 by The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases and Korean Society for Chemotherapy
    Case Report

    A Case of Dengue Fever Complicated by Retinitis

    Mi-Jeoung Kim,1 Dong-Hyun Oh,1 In-Myung Oh,1 Kyoung-Hwa Yoo,1 Sung-Gyu Im,1 Sun-Kyung Jang,1 Dong-Ok Jeon,1 Hyo-Jin Cho,1 Sang-Jin Lee,1 Hyun-Kyung Ghil,2 Seong-Gyu Lee,3 and Sue-Yun Kim1
      • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Bundang Jesaeng General Hospital, Seongnam, Korea.
      • 2Department of Ophthalmology, Bundang Jesaeng General Hospital, Seongnam, Korea.
      • 3Department of Laboratory Medicine, Bundang Jesaeng General Hospital, Seongnam, Korea.
    • Correspondence to Sue-Yun Kim, M.D. Department of Internal Medicine, Bundang Jesaeng General Hospital, 255-2 Seohyun-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam 463-774, Korea, Tel: +82-31-779-0695, Fax: +82-31-779-0897, Email: kysun@dmc.or.kr
    Received November 29, 2011; Revised February 16, 2012; Accepted March 05, 2012.

    This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

    Abstract

    Dengue fever is an acute febrile disease caused by the dengue virus. As the numbers of reported patients with dengue fever are increasing, rare complications associated with dengue fever, such as rhabodomyolysis or meningitis, are increasing in Korea. We describe the case of a Korean male presenting with fever, myalgia, nausea, diarrhea and blurred vision, who as a result of serologic test and fundoscopy, was diagnosed with dengue fever complicated by retinitis. He completely recovered with conservative care.

    Keywords
    Dengue; Retinitis; Vision; Complication

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    Figure 1
    (A) Fundal photograph reveals retinal hemorrhage, cotton-wool spots and perifoveal telangiectasia. (B) Fundal photograph demonstrates improved retinal hemorrhage, cotton-wool spots and perifoveal telangiectasia.

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    MeSH Terms
    Dengue
    Dengue Virus
    Diarrhea
    Fever
    Humans
    Korea
    Male
    Meningitis
    Nausea
    Retinitis
    Serologic Tests
    Vision, Ocular
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