Haemolytic anaemia precipitated by dengue fever. Issue 8 (28th August 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Abdullah, Nurul Huda; Mohammad, Nurashikin; Ramli, Marini; Wan Ghazali, Wan Syamimee
• Is Part Of: BMJ case reports. Volume 12:Issue 8(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-08-28
• Subjects: infectious diseases -- tropical medicine (infectious disease) -- haematology (incl blood transfusion); Medicine -- Case studies -- Periodicals; 610.5
• DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-226760
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1757-790X

Abstract

Abstract : We reported a case of a woman with no past medical illness who presented with a few days' history of fever, myalgia, arthralgia, hypochromic microcytic anaemia and thrombocytopaenia and who was nonstructural protein 1 antigen (NS1Ag)-positive. Haemolytic anaemia including full blood picture work-up revealed high reticulocyte count and haemolysis with positive direct Coombs test. She was started on prednisolone and was discharged well.