Volume 23, Number 4—April 2017
Dispatch
Severe Thrombocytopenia after Zika Virus Infection, Guadeloupe, 2016
Table
Characteristics of 16 patients with severe thrombocytopenia associated with Zika virus infection*
Pt no./ age, y/sex | Country | Hemorrhagic signs and symptoms | Min platelet count, × 109/L | Days to min platelet count† | Steroid therapy | IVIG | Outcome | Reference | |||||
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RT-PCR result |
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Zika virus |
DENV |
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Urine | Plas | Urine | Plas | ||||||||||
1/38/F | Guadeloupe | Yes | 17 | 3 | + | – | – | – | Yes | No | Recovered | This study | |
2/58/F | Guadeloupe | Yes | 3 | 6 | + | + | – | – | Yes | Yes | Recovered | This study | |
3/15/F | Guadeloupe | Yes | 2 | 19 | + | + | – | – | Yes | No | Recovered | This study | |
4/36/M | Guadeloupe | Yes | 5 | 8 | + | – | – | – | Yes | No | Recovered | This study | |
5/74/F | Guadeloupe | Yes | 1 | 5 | + | – | – | – | Yes | No | Recovered | This study | |
6/46/F | Guadeloupe | Yes | 1 | 12 | + | Unk | – | Unk | Yes | Yes | Recovered | This study | |
7/35/M | Guadeloupe | Yes | 1 | 4 | + | – | – | – | Yes | Yes | Recovered | This study | |
8/54/F | Suriname | Yes | 10 | 29 | + | – | – | Unk | No | Yes | Recovered | (10) | |
9/2/F | Colombia | Yes | <14 | Unk | Unk | + | Unk | – | Unk | Unk | Died | (11) | |
10/30/F | Colombia | Yes | <14 | Unk | Unk | + | Unk | – | Unk | Unk | Died | (11) | |
11/72/F | Colombia | Yes | <14 | Unk | Unk | + | Unk | – | Unk | Unk | Died | (11) | |
12/72/M | Puerto Rico | Yes | 1 | 5 | Unk | + | Unk | – | No | No | Died | (13) | |
13/38/M | Puerto Rico | Yes | 2 | 7 | – | – | Unk | – | Yes | Yes | Recovered | (13) | |
14/26/F | Martinique | Yes | 2 | 8 | + | – | Unk | – | Yes | No | Recovered | (14) | |
15/21/M | Martinique | Yes | 3 | 7 | + | – | Unk | – | Yes | No | Recovered | (14) | |
16/30/F | Colombia | No | 9 | 4 | + | – | Unk | Unk | No | No | Recovered | (12) |
*DENV, dengue virus; IVIG, intravenous immune globulins; min, minimum; plas, plasma; pt, patient; unk, unknown.
†From Zika onset.