Factors Associated with Severe Leptospirosis, Martinique, 2010–2013

To identify factors associated with disease severity, we examined 102 patients with quantitative PCR–confirmed leptospirosis in Martinique during 2010–2013. Associated factors were hypotension, chest auscultation abnormalities, icterus, oligo/anuria, thrombocytopenia, prothrombin time <68%, high...

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Autores principales: Hochedez, Patrick, Theodose, Rafaelle, Olive, Claude, Bourhy, Pascale, Hurtrel, Guillaume, Vignier, Nicolas, Mehdaoui, Hossein, Valentino, Ruddy, Martinez, Roland, Delord, Jean-Marie, Herrmann, Cécile, Lamaury, Isabelle, Césaire, Raymond, Picardeau, Mathieu, Cabié, André
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4672444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26583702
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2112.141099
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Sumario:To identify factors associated with disease severity, we examined 102 patients with quantitative PCR–confirmed leptospirosis in Martinique during 2010–2013. Associated factors were hypotension, chest auscultation abnormalities, icterus, oligo/anuria, thrombocytopenia, prothrombin time <68%, high levels of leptospiremia, and infection with L. interrogans serovar Icterohaemorrhagiae/Copenhageni.

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