Intensive Care Admissions for Severe Chikungunya Virus Infection, French Polynesia

Abstract

During the 2014–2015 chikungunya outbreak in French Polynesia, 64 patients with confirmed chikungunya virus infection were admitted into intensive care. Sixty-three were nonpregnant adults; 11 had an atypical form, 21 had severe sepsis or septic shock, and 18 died. These findings indicate that critical illness frequently complicates the course of chikungunya virus infection.

Keywords

• Chikungunya
• arboviruses
• encephalopathy
• Guillain-Barré syndrome
• myocarditis
• sepsis