Volume 23, Number 11—November 2017
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis
Pregnant Women Hospitalized with Chikungunya Virus Infection, Colombia, 2015
Maria Escobar
, Albaro J. Nieto, Sara Loaiza-Osorio, Juan S. Barona, and Fernando Rosso
, Albaro J. Nieto, Sara Loaiza-Osorio, Juan S. Barona, and Fernando Rosso
Table 1
Patient characteristics and clinical signs and symptoms of disease of 60 pregnant women with chikungunya virus infection, Colombia, 2015
| Characteristics |
Total, n = 60 |
Trimester |
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| First, n = 5 |
Second, n = 17 |
Third, n = 38 |
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| Patient age, y, average ± SD | 26.4 ± 5.6 | 27.8 ± 7.5 | 26.8 ± 5.8 | 26 ± 5.3 |
| Gestational age of fetus, wks, average ± SD |
28.5 ± 8.8 |
13 ± 5.8 |
20.6 ± 5.6 |
34 ± 3.7 |
| Reason for consultation, no. (%) | ||||
| Arthralgia | 55 (91.7) | 5 (100) | 17 (100) | 33 (86.8) |
| Fever | 21 (35) | 0 (0) | 5 (29.4) | 16 (42.1) |
| Pruritus | 4 (6.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (10.5) |
| Headaches | 9 (15) | 1 (20) | 4 (23.5) | 4 (10.5) |
| Rash |
9 (15) |
4 (80) |
5 (29.4) |
0 (0) |
| Signs and symptoms during hospitalization, no. (%) | ||||
| Fever | 11 (18.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 11 (28.9) |
| Polyarthralgia | 56 (93.3) | 5 (100) | 16 (94.1) | 35 (92.1) |
| Headaches | 45 (75) | 4 (80) | 12 (70.6) | 29 (76.3) |
| Rash | 52 (86.7) | 5 (100) | 13 (76.5) | 34 (89.5) |
| Myalgia | 46 (76.7) | 4 (80) | 13 (76.5) | 29 (76.3) |
| Low back pain | 28 (46.7) | 3 (60) | 6 (35.3) | 19 (50) |
| Emesis | 3 (5) | 0 (0) | 1 (5.9) | 2 (5.3) |
| Nausea | 11 (18.3) | 2 (40) | 2 (11.8) | 7 (18.4) |
| Epistaxis | 2 (3.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (5.3) |
| Gingivorragia | 3 (5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (7.9) |
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