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SUBMITTER: Sharp TM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5176332 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sharp Tyler M TM Muñoz-Jordán Jorge J Perez-Padilla Janice J Bello-Pagán Melissa I MI Rivera Aidsa A Pastula Daniel M DM Salinas Jorge L JL Martínez Mendez Jose H JH Méndez Mónica M Powers Ann M AM Waterman Stephen S Rivera-García Brenda B
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 20160714 9
We report two patients that developed severe thrombocytopenia after Zika virus (ZIKV) infection. The first patient had 1000 platelets/μL and died after multiple hemorrhages. The second patient had 2000 platelets/μL, had melena and ecchymoses, and recovered after receiving intravenous immunoglobulin. ZIKV may be associated with immune-mediated severe thrombocytopenia. ...[more]