Nasal Skin Necrosis

An Unexpected New Finding in Severe Chikungunya Fever

Torres, Jaime R.
Córdova, Leopoldo G.
Saravia, Víctor
Arvelaez, Joanne
Castro, Julio S.

¹InfectologySection, Tropical Medicine Institute, Universidad Central de Venezuela
²Clínica RESCARVEN de Chuao, Caracas, Venezuela

Correspondence: J. R. Torres, Tropical Medicine Institute, Universidad Central deVenezuela, Caracas, Venezuela ([email protected]).

Received April 7, 2015

Accepted August 10, 2015

Clinical Infectious Diseases 62(1):p 78-81, January 01, 2016. | DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ718

Three adult Venezuelan patients with virologically confirmed Chikungunya fever, who developed extensive acute nasal skin necrosis early in the course of a life-threatening illness characterized by shock and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, are discussed. One patient survived and fully recovered. Nasal necrosis has not previously been associated with the disease.