Dengue, COVID-19 and gout, an uncommon association

ABSTRACT

Introduction: the current world medical panorama is focused on the control of COVID-19. The disease occurs more frequently in patients with chronic diseases and can be associated with other viral diseases;in this situation, the risk of serious complications in patient's increases. Objective: to present the clinical manifestations present in a patient with gout in whom dengue and COVID-19 coexist. Clinical case A 50-year-old male patient is presented with a diagnosis of gouty arthropathy of 5 years of evolution that begins with an atypical inflammatory picture for this disease, accompanied by other clinical manifestations such as marked decay, hemorrhagic skin lesions, hematuria and progressive dyspnea. Dengue and COVID_19 diagnosis is made through serological studies. Conclusion: it is important to know the joint pattern in the course of rheumatic diseases, this, together with the prevailing epidemiological characteristics, facilitates the diagnosis of association of different diseases as occurred in the case presented.