Two viruses in a pod: a case series of coinfection of COVID-19 with dengue

Prithvishree Ravindra; William Wilson; Aparna Macharla; Shashikiran Umakanth; Kavitha Saravu; Nitin Gupta

doi:10.1093/omcr/omac112

Two viruses in a pod: a case series of coinfection of COVID-19 with dengue

Prithvishree Ravindra
, William Wilson
, Aparna Macharla
, Shashikiran Umakanth
, Kavitha Saravu
, Nitin Gupta^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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In regions endemic to both COVID-19 and dengue, cases of coinfections are possible. Since they have similar clinical presentations, but management might be different, it is crucial to identify these cases of coinfections. We diagnosed seven cases of dengue–COVID-19 coinfections. Fever, myalgia, rash and thrombocytopenia were found to be the common features. All patients recovered well with supportive treatment. We report this series to highlight the possibility of rare coinfections in endemic areas and the importance of a high index of suspicion, early diagnosis and prompt management.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	346-349
Number of pages	4
Journal	Oxford Medical Case Reports
Volume	2022
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omac112
Publication status	Published - 01-10-2022

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