Outbreak of Leptospirosis after Flood, the Philippines, 2009

After a typhoon in September 2009, an outbreak of leptospirosis occurred in Metro Manila, the Philippines; 471 patients were hospitalized and 51 (10.8%) died. A hospital-based investigation found risk factors associated with fatal infection to be older age, hemoptysis, anuria, jaundice, and delayed...

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Autores principales: Amilasan, Al-shere T., Ujiie, Mugen, Suzuki, Motoi, Salva, Eumelia, Belo, Maria Cecilia P., Koizumi, Nobuo, Yoshimatsu, Kumiko, Schmidt, Wolf-Peter, Marte, Shane, Dimaano, Efren M., Villarama, Jose Benito, Ariyoshi, Koya
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3310081/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22257492
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1801.101892
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author Amilasan, Al-shere T.
Ujiie, Mugen
Suzuki, Motoi
Salva, Eumelia
Belo, Maria Cecilia P.
Koizumi, Nobuo
Yoshimatsu, Kumiko
Schmidt, Wolf-Peter
Marte, Shane
Dimaano, Efren M.
Villarama, Jose Benito
Ariyoshi, Koya
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description After a typhoon in September 2009, an outbreak of leptospirosis occurred in Metro Manila, the Philippines; 471 patients were hospitalized and 51 (10.8%) died. A hospital-based investigation found risk factors associated with fatal infection to be older age, hemoptysis, anuria, jaundice, and delayed treatment with antimicrobial drugs.
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spelling pubmed-33100812012-04-10 Outbreak of Leptospirosis after Flood, the Philippines, 2009 Amilasan, Al-shere T. Ujiie, Mugen Suzuki, Motoi Salva, Eumelia Belo, Maria Cecilia P. Koizumi, Nobuo Yoshimatsu, Kumiko Schmidt, Wolf-Peter Marte, Shane Dimaano, Efren M. Villarama, Jose Benito Ariyoshi, Koya Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch After a typhoon in September 2009, an outbreak of leptospirosis occurred in Metro Manila, the Philippines; 471 patients were hospitalized and 51 (10.8%) died. A hospital-based investigation found risk factors associated with fatal infection to be older age, hemoptysis, anuria, jaundice, and delayed treatment with antimicrobial drugs. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3310081/ /pubmed/22257492 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1801.101892 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Schmidt, Wolf-Peter
Marte, Shane
Dimaano, Efren M.
Villarama, Jose Benito
Ariyoshi, Koya
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title_sort outbreak of leptospirosis after flood, the philippines, 2009
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