Utility of the tourniquet test and the white blood cell count to differentiate dengue among acute febrile illnesses in the emergency room.

• Main Authors: Christopher J Gregory (Author), Olga D Lorenzi (Author), Lisandra Colón (Author), Arleene Sepúlveda García (Author), Luis M Santiago (Author), Ramón Cruz Rivera (Author), Liv Jossette Cuyar Bermúdez (Author), Fernando Ortiz Báez (Author), Delanor Vázquez Aponte (Author), Kay M Tomashek (Author), Jorge Gutierrez (Author), Luisa Alvarado (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Dengue often presents with non-specific clinical signs, and given the current paucity of accurate, rapid diagnostic laboratory tests, identifying easily obtainable bedside markers of dengue remains a priority. Previous studies in febrile Asian children have suggested that the combination of a positi...