Sensorineural hearing loss in Lassa fever: two case reports

IntroductionLassa fever is an acute arena viral haemorrhagic fever with varied neurological sequelae. Sensorineural hearing loss is one of the rare complications which occur usually during the convalescent stage of the infection.Case presentationThe cases of two female patients aged 19 and 43 years old, respectively, with clinical features suggestive of Lassa fever and confirmed by immunoserological/Lassa-virus-specific reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction are presented. Both patients developed severe sensorineural hearing loss at acute phases of the infections.ConclusionSensorineural hearing loss from Lassa fever infections can occur in both acute and convalescent stages and is probably induced by an immune response.

• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Journal of Medical Case Reports

• Publication date

  2009-01-29

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1186/1752-1947-3-36PMID 19178735PMCID 2642856
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