A CASE OF CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER DISEASE DUE TO A SCORPION BITE WITH A LONG INCUBATION PERIOD AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
*Dr. İrem Akın Şen, Dr. Hakan Doğan, Prof. Dr. Simay Serin, Prof. Dr. Hülya Sungurtekin
ABSTRACT
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever is a disease of the viral hemorrhagic fever group, and one of the most common viral hemorrhagic fevers in the world. In this case, a 74-year-old male patient with a Crimean-Congo diagnosis presented with nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, elevated liver function tests, as well as neutropenia and thrombocytopenia about 15 days after a scorpion bite. It was aimed to present the diagnosis and management of the long incubation period Crimean Congo disease after scorpion bite as a primer purpose To draw attention and to increase the awareness of the physicians to the Crimean Congo as a secondary purpose for this article.
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