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. 2010 Feb;16(2):331-4.
doi: 10.3201/eid1602.090139.

Severe leptospirosis in hospitalized patients, Guadeloupe

Cecile Herrmann-Storck  1 , Magalie Saint-Louis, Tania Foucand, Isabelle Lamaury, Jacqueline Deloumeaux, Guy Baranton, Maurice Simonetti, Natacha Sertour, Muriel Nicolas, Jacques Salin, Muriel Cornet
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Severe leptospirosis in hospitalized patients, Guadeloupe

Cecile Herrmann-Storck et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Feb.

Abstract

We evaluated prognostic factors for leptospirosis in 168 consecutive hospitalized patients in Guadeloupe. Factors independently associated with severity included chronic hypertension or chronic alcoholism, late initiation of antibacterial therapy, abnormal chest auscultation results, icterus, oligoanuria, disorders of consciousness, elevated aspartate aminotransferase levels, hyperamylasemia, and Leptospira interrogans serovar Icterohemorrhagiae.

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  • Leptospira serovar as prognostic factor.
    Suzuki M, Ariyoshi K. Suzuki M, et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Aug;16(8):1333; author reply 1333. doi: 10.3201/eid1608.100520. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010. PMID: 20678345 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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