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The Predictive Factors for Severe Leptospirosis Cases in Kedah
Over the past decade, increased awareness about leptospirosis disease in developing and industrialized countries has resulted in increased numbers of leptospirosis cases being reported worldwide. About 5% to 15% of leptospirosis patients end up with severe forms of the disease. Complication due to l...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7344897/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32422911 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed5020079 |
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author | Sandhu, Rakesh Singh Ismail, Halim Bin Ja’afar, Mohd Hasni Bin Rampal, Sanjay |
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description | Over the past decade, increased awareness about leptospirosis disease in developing and industrialized countries has resulted in increased numbers of leptospirosis cases being reported worldwide. About 5% to 15% of leptospirosis patients end up with severe forms of the disease. Complication due to leptospirosis requires monitoring, specific treatments, and intensive care admission, thus increasing the cost of treating severe leptospirosis cases. Currently, we have data on incident and mortality rates, but we do not have data on the number of patients with severe form of leptospirosis or how many patients have complications, and whether or not these complications were resolved. Therefore, we carried out this study to determine the predictive factors for severe leptospirosis cases in Kedah. We conducted a cross-sectional study. The data of patients diagnosed with leptospirosis were obtained from the surveillance unit, Kedah Health Department, through the e-notification system. These data were then sorted according to the hospitals where the patients were admitted. The patients’ medical records were collected, and their information was obtained using a checklist. A total of 456 confirmed leptospirosis cases were included in the study, with 199 patients classified as severe cases and 257 patients as mild cases, based on the Malaysian leptospirosis guidelines. Most patients were male (71.5%) with a mean SD age of 36.62 ± 20.75 years. The predictive factors for severe leptospirosis include abnormal lung sounds (OR: 3.07 [CI 1.58–6.00]), hepatomegaly (OR: 7.14 [1.10–45.98]), hypotension (OR: 2.16 [1.08–4.34]), leukocytosis (OR: 2.12 [1.37–3.29]), low hematocrit (OR: 2.33 [1.43–3.81]), and increased alanine aminotransferase (SGPT ALT) (OR: 2.12 [1.36–3.30]). In conclusion, knowing these predictive factors will help clinicians identify severe leptospirosis cases earlier and develop their treatment plans accordingly, to reduce the complications and death from severe leptospirosis. |
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spelling | pubmed-73448972020-07-09 The Predictive Factors for Severe Leptospirosis Cases in Kedah Sandhu, Rakesh Singh Ismail, Halim Bin Ja’afar, Mohd Hasni Bin Rampal, Sanjay Trop Med Infect Dis Article Over the past decade, increased awareness about leptospirosis disease in developing and industrialized countries has resulted in increased numbers of leptospirosis cases being reported worldwide. About 5% to 15% of leptospirosis patients end up with severe forms of the disease. Complication due to leptospirosis requires monitoring, specific treatments, and intensive care admission, thus increasing the cost of treating severe leptospirosis cases. Currently, we have data on incident and mortality rates, but we do not have data on the number of patients with severe form of leptospirosis or how many patients have complications, and whether or not these complications were resolved. Therefore, we carried out this study to determine the predictive factors for severe leptospirosis cases in Kedah. We conducted a cross-sectional study. The data of patients diagnosed with leptospirosis were obtained from the surveillance unit, Kedah Health Department, through the e-notification system. These data were then sorted according to the hospitals where the patients were admitted. The patients’ medical records were collected, and their information was obtained using a checklist. A total of 456 confirmed leptospirosis cases were included in the study, with 199 patients classified as severe cases and 257 patients as mild cases, based on the Malaysian leptospirosis guidelines. Most patients were male (71.5%) with a mean SD age of 36.62 ± 20.75 years. The predictive factors for severe leptospirosis include abnormal lung sounds (OR: 3.07 [CI 1.58–6.00]), hepatomegaly (OR: 7.14 [1.10–45.98]), hypotension (OR: 2.16 [1.08–4.34]), leukocytosis (OR: 2.12 [1.37–3.29]), low hematocrit (OR: 2.33 [1.43–3.81]), and increased alanine aminotransferase (SGPT ALT) (OR: 2.12 [1.36–3.30]). In conclusion, knowing these predictive factors will help clinicians identify severe leptospirosis cases earlier and develop their treatment plans accordingly, to reduce the complications and death from severe leptospirosis. MDPI 2020-05-14 /pmc/articles/PMC7344897/ /pubmed/32422911 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed5020079 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Sandhu, Rakesh Singh Ismail, Halim Bin Ja’afar, Mohd Hasni Bin Rampal, Sanjay The Predictive Factors for Severe Leptospirosis Cases in Kedah |
title | The Predictive Factors for Severe Leptospirosis Cases in Kedah |
title_full | The Predictive Factors for Severe Leptospirosis Cases in Kedah |
title_fullStr | The Predictive Factors for Severe Leptospirosis Cases in Kedah |
title_full_unstemmed | The Predictive Factors for Severe Leptospirosis Cases in Kedah |
title_short | The Predictive Factors for Severe Leptospirosis Cases in Kedah |
title_sort | predictive factors for severe leptospirosis cases in kedah |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7344897/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32422911 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed5020079 |
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