Volume 10, Number 10—October 2004
Dispatch
Nosocomial Acquisition of Dengue
Dirk Wagner*, Katja de With*, Daniela Huzly*, Frank Hufert*, Manfred Weidmann*, Susanne Breisinger*, Sabine Eppinger*, Winfried Vinzent Kern*, and Tilman Martin Bauer*
Table
Laboratory data for index patient and health care worker infected with dengue virusa
| Day | Leukocytes (μL) | Lymphocytes (μL) | Thrombocytes (μL) | Dengue IgM EIA | Dengue IgG EIA (U) | Dengue PCR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Index patient | 0i | 2.000 | 420 | 137.000 | – | + (16.4) | + |
| 4i | 1.900 | ND | 55.000 | + | + (43.0) | – | |
| 14i | 5.000 | 1.650 | 375.000 | + | + (30.9) | ND | |
| Health care worker | 2n | 2.600 | 590 | 136.000 | – | – (2.8) | + |
| 8n | 4.000 | 1.040 | 174.000 | + | – (5.9) | ND | |
| 15n | 4.200 | 1.190 | 213.000 | + | + (16.4) | ND | |
| 22n | 4.800 | 1.220 | 215.000 | + | + (21.7) | ND |
aIg, immunoglobulin; EIA, enyzyme immunosorbent assay; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; ND, not done.
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