Publication year
2002Source
Journal of Medical Virology, 67, 4, (2002), pp. 549-554ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

Display more detailsDisplay less details
Organization
Internal Medicine
Journal title
Journal of Medical Virology
Volume
vol. 67
Issue
iss. 4
Page start
p. 549
Page end
p. 554
Subject
The role of cytokines in the pathophysiology of febrile illnesses and in host defense against infections; De rol van cytokinen in de pathofysiologie van koortsende ziekten en in de afweer tegen infectiesAbstract
The mechanisms contributing to bleeding complications in dengue hemorrhagic fever were studied by investigating the pattern of activation of the coagulation and fibrinolytic systems in 50 children with severe dengue hemorrhagic fever. Thirteen patients (26%) died, and activation of coagulation was most pronounced in the deceased group. Fibrinolysis was also activated, but this activation was relatively weak compared with that of coagulation as a result of persistently high plasminogen activator inhibitor levels. Plasminogen activator inhibitor also prevented a switch from the procoagulant to the profibrinolytic state in lethal dengue hemorrhagic fever, which was further enhanced by an acquired protein C deficiency. The present study is the first to demonstrate such a mechanism in a viral infection. This imbalance between coagulation and fibrinolysis may be used as a prognostic marker, but it may also be a target for future therapeutic intervention.
This item appears in the following Collection(s)
- Academic publications [202736]
- Faculty of Medical Sciences [79998]
Upload full text
Use your RU credentials (u/z-number and password) to log in with SURFconext to upload a file for processing by the repository team.