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Volume 23, Number 11—November 2017
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Pregnant Women Hospitalized with Chikungunya Virus Infection, Colombia, 2015

Maria EscobarComments to Author , Albaro J. Nieto, Sara Loaiza-Osorio, Juan S. Barona, and Fernando Rosso
Author affiliations: Fundación Clínica Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia (M. Escobar, A.J. Nieto, S. Loaiza-Osorio, F. Rosso); Icesi University, Cali (M. Escobar, A.J. Nieto, J.S. Barona, F. Rosso)

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Table 1

Patient characteristics and clinical signs and symptoms of disease of 60 pregnant women with chikungunya virus infection, Colombia, 2015

Characteristics
 Total, n = 60
 Trimester
First, n = 5
 Second, n = 17
 Third, n = 38
Patient age, y, average ± SD 26.4 ± 5.6 27.8 ± 7.5 26.8 ± 5.8 26 ± 5.3
Gestational age of fetus, wks, average ± SD
 28.5 ± 8.8
 13 ± 5.8
 20.6 ± 5.6
 34 ± 3.7
Reason for consultation, no. (%)
Arthralgia 55 (91.7) 5 (100) 17 (100) 33 (86.8)
Fever 21 (35) 0 (0) 5 (29.4) 16 (42.1)
Pruritus 4 (6.7) 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (10.5)
Headaches 9 (15) 1 (20) 4 (23.5) 4 (10.5)
Rash
 9 (15)
 4 (80)
 5 (29.4)
 0 (0)
Signs and symptoms during hospitalization, no. (%)
Fever 11 (18.3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 11 (28.9)
Polyarthralgia 56 (93.3) 5 (100) 16 (94.1) 35 (92.1)
Headaches 45 (75) 4 (80) 12 (70.6) 29 (76.3)
Rash 52 (86.7) 5 (100) 13 (76.5) 34 (89.5)
Myalgia 46 (76.7) 4 (80) 13 (76.5) 29 (76.3)
Low back pain 28 (46.7) 3 (60) 6 (35.3) 19 (50)
Emesis 3 (5) 0 (0) 1 (5.9) 2 (5.3)
Nausea 11 (18.3) 2 (40) 2 (11.8) 7 (18.4)
Epistaxis 2 (3.3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (5.3)
Gingivorragia 3 (5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (7.9)

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