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Yellow fever

Última revisão: 13 Feb 2025
Última atualização: 10 Aug 2023

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • history of residence in, or recent travel to, endemic area
  • lack of yellow fever immunization
  • history of mosquito bite
  • fever
  • constitutional symptoms
  • conjunctival injection
  • relative bradycardia (Faget sign)
  • biphasic illness
  • hemorrhagic diathesis
  • signs of renal failure
  • signs of hepatic failure
  • jaundice
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • hypotension
  • abdominal pain, vomiting, and lethargy
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Fatores de risco

  • residence in, or recent travel to, endemic area
  • lack of immunization
  • mosquito bite
  • travel during rainy and early dry seasons
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • CBC
  • liver function tests
  • coagulation screen
  • reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)
  • serology
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • ECG
  • histopathology
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Novos exames

  • virus isolation
  • isothermal nucleic acid amplification assays

Algoritmo de tratamento

Inicial

unidentified viral hemorrhagic fever

AGUDA

confirmed yellow fever

Colaboradores

Autores

William A. Messer, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology

Division of Infectious Diseases

Oregon Health & Science University

Portland

OR

Declarações

WAM declares that he has no competing interests.

Agradecimentos

Dr William A. Messer would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Philip A. Yeon and Dr Helmut Albrecht, previous contributors to this topic.

Disclosures

PAY and HA declares that he has no competing interests.

Revisores

Carlos Franco-Paredes, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Emory University

TravelWell Clinic

Emory University Hospital Midtown

Atlanta

GA

Declarações

CFP declares that he has no competing interests.

Andrea K. Boggild, MSc, MD, DTMH, FRCPC

Clinical Assistant

Tropical Diseases Unit

Division of Infectious Diseases

Department of Medicine

Toronto General Hospital

University Health Network

Toronto

Canada

Declarações

AKB declares that she has no competing interests.

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