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Clin Infect Dis
; 62(1): 78-81, 2016 Jan 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26423381
ABSTRACT
Three adult Venezuelan patients with virologically confirmed Chikungunya fever, who developed extensive acute nasal skin necrosis early in the course of a life-threatening illness characterized by shock and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, are discussed. One patient survived and fully recovered. Nasal necrosis has not previously been associated with the disease.