Severe Leptospirosis in Hospitalized Patients, Guadeloupe

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Herrmann-Storck, Cécile ; Saint Louis, Magalie ; Foucand, Tania ; Lamaury, Isabelle ; Deloumeaux, Jacqueline ; Baranton, Guy ; Simonetti, Maurice ; Sertour, Natacha ; Nicolas, Muriel ; Salin, Jacques ; Cornet, Muriel
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Adult Aged Alcoholism Bacteria Dispatch Female Guadeloupe Hospitalization Humans Hypotension Leptospira Interrogans Serovar Icterohaemorrhagiae Leptospirosis Male Middle Aged Prognosis Prognostic Factors Reservoir Hosts Risk Factors Serovar Severity Of Illness Index Sex Factors Virulence

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 16(2):331-334.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:addbd2de16455b1e37bf2b4a6d71013eca9a9bf9df8645fdf213e84ddf2ffc64
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17833/cdc_17833_DS1.pdf
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