Saudi Journal of Pathology and Microbiology (SJPM)
Volume-2 | Issue-08 | 279-285
Review Article
An adult onset Still’s disease in a young man within waves of dengue fever syndromes
Yahya Salim Yahya Al-Fifi
Published : Sept. 30, 2017
Abstract
We describe the first case report of an Adult Onset Still’s Disease (AOSD)
in a previously healthy young man from Jazan, Saudi Arabia in the summer of 2017.
The patient symptoms, signs and investigations fulfilled Yamaguchi’s criteria for the
diagnosis of Adult Onset Still’s disease [1]. The patient experienced a sore throat,
high grade fever, right knee arthralgia, left knee arthritis, a generalized salmon
colored rash, leukocytosis, elevation of liver transaminases, high LDH, high ferritin,
absence of ANA, RF, AMA, ASMA and DNA and reactive bone marrow aspiration
and biopsy without any evidence of infectious diseases etiologies or malignancies that
were satisfactory to confirm the diagnosis of AOSD. We have observed an evidence
of two different bacterial sources simultaneously as triggering etiologies; positive
ASO titer and positive blood culture for E. Coli where the clinical features and
laboratories investigations derangement post antibiotics treatment have remained. The
patient has responded to the pulse methylprednisolone and tapering doses of
prednisolone. Our successful clinical experience in the case is that the prednisolone
lower doses combined with NSAID (voltaren) to minimizing the steroid adverse
effects was sufficiently effective to maintaining remission.