Frequency and Clinical Manifestations of Dengue in Urban Medellin, Colombia
Table 4
Clinical diagnosis of laboratory-confirmed dengue fever cases and other febrile illness cases in ambulatory and hospitalized patients, Medellin, Colombia, March 2008-2009.
Diagnosis by physician
Ambulatory
Hospitalized
DF
OFI
DF
OFI
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Dengue fever
1
1.8
36
5.9
2
11.8
4
2.6
Viral syndrome
13
23.2
80
13.1
0
0.0
9
5.8
Tonsillitis/pharyngitis
10
17.1
63
10.3
0
0.0
1
0.7
Diarrhea
5
8.9
38
6.2
0
0.0
8
5.2
Bronchitis
4
7.1
21
3.4
0
0.0
8
5.2
Otitis media
2
3.6
23
3.8
0
0.0
2
1.3
Pneumonia
1
1.8
19
3.1
6
35.3
30
19.6
Common cold/influenza
1
1.8
26
4.3
0
0.0
1
0.7
Urinary infection
0
0.0
34
5.6
1
5.9
24
15.7
Other
26
46.4
275
45.0
11
64.7
99
64.7
: laboratory-confirmed dengue fever.
bOFI: other febrile illness.
