Dengue in Renal Transplant Patients: A Retrospective Analysis

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We reviewed the impact of dengue in 27 renal transplant recipients (9 females and 18 males) at a mean of 63 (6–287) months after transplantation. Their mean age was 37±14 years and all were first transplantations (21 live donors, 6 deceased donors). Twenty-six were dengue fever cases and one had dengue hemorrhagic fever. Symptoms were: fever (100%), muscular pain (90%), malaise (75%), and headache (68%). Eight (29%) patients were admitted to hospital with one death. All other cases had full recovery. Mean serum creatinine before dengue was 1.4±0.6 mg/dL, increased to a mean peak of 1.9±1.2 mg/dL (P

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