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Emerg Infect Dis
; 22(5): 891-4, 2016 May.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27088710
RESUMO
During a 2014 outbreak, 450 patients with confirmed chikungunya virus infection were admitted to the University Hospital of Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe. Of these, 110 were nonpregnant adults; 42 had severe disease, and of those, 25 had severe sepsis or septic shock and 12 died. Severe sepsis may be a rare complication of chikungunya virus infection.