Open AccessDengue fever presenting with severe myositis—An unusual presentation
Author(s) -
Kartika Gulati,
Rachna Pasi,
Alpa Gupta,
Kumar Satish Ravi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1680_20
Subject(s) - medicine , dengue fever , myalgia , myositis , dengue virus , subclinical infection , arbovirus , rhabdomyolysis , creatine kinase , pediatrics , virology , virus
Dengue fever is an arbovirus (dengue virus DEN) disease caused by bite of mosquitoes, affecting people worldwide but is frequently seen as pandemic in Latin America and Asian countries. Among children it has been the most frequent reason for hospitalization and mortality. Symptoms range from subclinical disease to severe flu-like illness including myalgias. Dengue commonly presents as myalgia but myositis and/or elevated serum creatine phosphokinase (CPK) is rarely witnessed in dengue fever. Therefore, we present a case of dengue fever presenting as myositis: muscle weakness with raised creatine phosphokinase (CPK).