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Severe dengue associated with Staphylococcus aureus sepsis in pediatric patients: a case series.

K C SudeepSuresh Kumar AnguranaManjinder Singh RandhawaSuresh Kumar AnguranaKarthi NallasamyArun BansalJayashree Muralidharan
Published in: Journal of tropical pediatrics (2022)
In children with severe dengue, persistence of fever, persistence of pleural effusion beyond critical phase and raised CRP and procalcitonin should raise suspicion of bacterial/S. aureus co-infection.
Keyphrases
  • zika virus
  • staphylococcus aureus
  • dengue virus
  • aedes aegypti
  • early onset
  • young adults
  • drug induced
  • septic shock
  • biofilm formation
  • pseudomonas aeruginosa