Characteristics and outcomes of patients with chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection admitted to an ICU in the Western Hemisphere
May 21st, 2016Crosby L, Perreau C, Madeux B, Cossic J, Armand C, Herrmann-Storke C, Najioullah F, Valentino R, Thiery G, Severe ´ manifestations of Chikungunya virus in critically ill patients during the 2013- 2014 Caribbean outbreak., International Journal of Infectious Diseases (2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2016.05.010
- “Severe manifestations of Chikungunya virus infection affected a small number of patients compared to the entire infected population.
- Most patients had previous underlying diseases and presented with acute exacerbations triggered by Chikungunya virus infection.
- Encephalitis, Guillain-Barré syndrome and severe sepsis could to be directly related to Chikungunya virus.”