Publication: Dengue Fever in a Neonate: A Case Report
| creativeworkseries.issn | JNMA Print ISSN: 0028-2715; Online ISSN: 1815-672X | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bhattarai, Chaitanya Darshan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Yadav, Birendra Kumar | |
| dc.contributor.author | Basnet, Rabin | |
| dc.contributor.author | Karki, Manish | |
| dc.contributor.author | Chauhan, Shanta | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-09-28T07:32:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-09-28T07:32:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description | Chaitanya Darshan Bhattarai Department of Pediatrics, Nepal Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Jorpati, Kathmandu, Nepal Birendra Kumar Yadav Telemedicine Center COVID-19 Unified Central Hospital, Bir Hospital, Kanti Path, Kathmandu, Nepal Rabin Basnet Telemedicine Center COVID-19 Unified Central Hospital, Bir Hospital, Kanti Path, Kathmandu, Nepal Manish Karki Telemedicine Center COVID-19 Unified Central Hospital, Bir Hospital, Kanti Path, Kathmandu, Nepal Shanta Chauhan Department of Emergency Medicine, Himal Hospital, Thirbum Marg, Kathmandu, Nepal | |
| dc.description.abstract | Abstract Dengue is one of the most common viral infections affecting the general population in endemic areas annually. However, it is barely reported in newborns owing to a widespread belief that they are protected from severe viral infections in the first six months of life by the presence of maternal antibodies. Here we present a case of a 23-day-old male infant born to primigravida with dengue fever with the post-natal transmission of infection. He presented with complaints of fever for three days. On general examination, red-coloured pinpoint macular rashes were observed bilaterally on lower limbs. No significant findings were present on systemic examination. On routine sepsis workup, thrombocytopenia was present. Acknowledging the endemicity and expanding dengue cases, NS1 antigen and antibody IgM and IgG of the baby were tested which came positive for antigen and IgM antibody. Even so, the mother was asymptomatic with NS1 antigen, IgG and IgM antibodies negative with a normal range of platelet count. | |
| dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.8099 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/2431 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Nepal Medical Association | |
| dc.subject | Case report | |
| dc.subject | Dengue fever | |
| dc.subject | Neonates | |
| dc.subject | Nepal | |
| dc.title | Dengue Fever in a Neonate: A Case Report | |
| dc.type | Other | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.article.type | Case Report | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 289 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 287 | |
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