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Severe Leptospirosis in Hospitalized Patients, Guadeloupe
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Feb 2010
Source: Emerg Infect Dis. 16(2):331-334.
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Alternative Title:Emerg Infect Dis
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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.
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