Fazilet DUYGU, Aysegül Copur CİCEK, Turan KAYA

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever and pregnancy: Two cases

Kırım-Kongo kanamalı ateşi ve gebelik: İki olguKırım-Kongo kanamalı ateşi (KKKA) Hyalomma türü kenelerle, enfekte insanlar ya da evcil hayvanların vücut sıvıları veya dokularıyla doğrudan temas sonucu insanlara bulaşan, kanamalı ateş tablosu ile ölüme neden olabilen viral zoonotik bir hastalıktır. Türkiye’de KKKA olguları en fazla Tokat’ta görülmektedir.Bu yazıda, Tokat’ta ateş şikâyetiyle başvuran, KKKA tanısı konan iki gebe hasta değerlendirildi. Hastaların birine semptomatik tedavi olarak trombosit süspansiyonu ve taze donmuş plazma verildi. Her iki hasta da iyileşerek taburcu edildi. Gebelik süresince KKKA gidişatının aydınlatılması amaçlandı

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Kırım-Kongo kanamalı ateşi, gebelik, Tokat

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever and pregnancy: Two cases

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is a viral zoonosis, transmitted to humans by either: the Hyalomma species of ticks; or by direct contact with body fluids or tissues of infected humans or domestic animals. CCHF can result in death through clinical progression of hemorrhagic fever (1). Tokat Province in Turkey is where CCHF cases are seen at the highest rate. In this article, the cases of two pregnant women are discussed. The women applied in Tokat with a fever and were diagnosed with CCHF. Along with symptomatic treatment, thrombocyte and fresh frozen plasma replacement was performed in one of the patient\'s cases. Patients were discharged with recovery. The main purpose of this article is to enlighten the progression of CCHF during pregnancy.

Keywords:

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, pregnancy, Tokat,

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