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    Is Total Serum Nitrite and Nitrate (NOx) Level in Dengue Patients a Potential Prognostic Marker of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever?
    (Hindawi Pub. Corp., 2018) Mapalagamage, M.; Handunnetti, S.; Premawansa, G.; Thillainathan, S.; Fernando, T.; Kanapathippillai, K.; Wickremasinghe, R.; de Silva, A.D.; Premawansa, S.
    Potential use of total nitrite plus nitrate (NOx) and nitrite (NO2-) separately as surrogate markers for serum nitric oxide in severe dengue and their longitudinal changes along with the progression of infection was studied. Deproteinized sera from confirmed dengue fever (DF, n = 145) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF, n = 74) patients on admission-A, critical-C, discharge-D, and convalescence-CON stages and from age-gender matched healthy individuals (HC, n = 77) were taken to assess NO2- and NOx levels using Griess and modified Griess assays. Serum NOx in DHFA was significantly lower compared to DFA (p < 0.001). HC had the lowest NOx and NO2- compared to all patient categories (p < 0.001) except NO2- in DF-CON and DHF-CON and NOx in DHF-CON. Serum NOx and NO2- in DHF patients admitted on fever day 3 (DHFA-3) was significantly lower compared to DFA-3 (p < 0.05). Cut-off values of 4.46 μM for NOx (91.3% sensitivity and 80.1% specificity) and 1.25 μM for NO2-(75.0% sensitivity and 73.3% specificity) were obtained for day 3 of fever. Serum NOx may be used as potential prognostic marker of DHF in patients presenting with DF in the early stage (on day 3 of fever) of the disease.
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