Postoperative dengue haemorrhagic shock and Trichosporon fungal sepsis: a multidisciplinary rescue.

ABSTRACT

A woman in her 30s had robotic pyeloplasty done for right ureteropelvic junction obstruction. Incidentally she developed dengue viral fever starting on postoperative day 1 itself, which progressed to dengue haemorrhagic shock by 1 week, complicating pyeloplasty due to pelvicalyceal haematoma. Dengue associated shock was superimposed with subsequent gram-negative bacterial sepsis, further complicated later with Trichosporon fungal sepsis. She was managed under multidisciplinary care, involving urology, infectious disease and ICU care. Her diagnostic and difficult management issues due to these rare sequential medical issues in an otherwise usually uncomplicated postsurgical phase are discussed along with short review of literature. This case highlights the importance of early diagnosis, timely supportive care and appropriate management in such tropical infections with significant associated mortality.