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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY
Volume 69, Issue -, Pages 197-199Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2015.06.098
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Paralysis; Dengue infection; Hypokalemia; Hypomagnesemia
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Neurological manifestations are unusual in dengue fever and can be due to neurotropic effect, systemic complications of dengue infection, or immune mediated. Acute hypokalemic paralysis is a rare systemic complication of dengue infection; however, hypokalemia along with hypomagnesemia has not been reported earlier. We herein report an extremely unusual and probably the first case of dengue infection in a 30-year-old male who presented to us with hypokalemic paralysis along with hypomagnesemia. This case report highlights that hypomagnesemia may be a significant complication in dengue infection. Correction of hypomagnesemia is of paramount importance to avoid refractory hypokalemia leading to severe consequences. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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