Leukemoid Reaction in Chikungunya Fever
Correspondence Address :
Dr. Prabhat Kumar,
Senior Resident, Department of Medicine, OPD Block, PGIMER&Dr RML Hospital.Baba Kharak Singh Marg,
New Delhi-110001, India.
E-mail: drkumar.prabhat@gmail.com
Chikungunya is a viral illness caused by an arbovirus which is transmitted by Aedes mosquito. Fever and polyarthralgia are hallmark of this viral illness. Viral infections are generally associated with leucopenia and bacterial infections with leukocytosis. Leukemoid Reaction (LR) is defined by reactive increase in leukocyte count of more than 50,000/cu mm with increase in mature leukocytes on peripheral blood. Leukocytosis is common in Chikungunya but leukemoid reaction has not been reported in medical literature. Our patient presented with high grade fever and symmetrical polyarthritis. Blood investigation showed Leukemoid reaction and after extensive work up a diagnosis of chikungunya was made.
Chronic myelogenous leukaemia, Chronic neutrophilic leukaemia, Neutrophil alkaline phosphatase
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/18434.7720
Date of Submission: Dec 20, 2015
Date of Peer Review: Feb 11, 2016
Date of Acceptance: Feb 22, 2016
Date of Publishing: May 01, 2016
Financial OR OTHER COMPETING INTERESTS: None.
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