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INFECTION
Volume 40, Issue 4, Pages 441-443Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-011-0208-3
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Dengue virus; Germany; Dengue hemorrhagic fever; Immunohistochemistry
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Dengue virus (DENV) is an arthropod-borne virus (family Flaviviridae) causing dengue fever or dengue hemorrhagic fever. Here, we report the first fatal DENV infection imported into Germany. A female traveler was hospitalized with fever and abdominal pain after returning from Ecuador. Due to a suspected acute acalculous cholecystitis, cholecystectomy was performed. After cholecystectomy, severe spontaneous bleeding from the abdominal wound occurred and the patient died. Postmortem analysis of transudate and tissue demonstrated a DENV secondary infection of the patient and a gallbladder wall thickening (GBWT) due to an extensive edema.
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