Dengue fever presenting with acute colitis.

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2006-03-10
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Gastrointestinal manifestations of dengue fever are mainly in the form of bleeding or liver function abnormalities. Dengue fever presenting as acute colitis-like picture is not reported to date. We report a 50-year-old man with dengue fever presenting with lower gastrointestinal bleeding and colonoscopic features of acute inflammatory colitis.
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Rama Krishna AK, Patil S, Srinivas Rao G, Kumar A. Dengue fever presenting with acute colitis. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology. 2006 Mar-Apr; 25(2): 97-8