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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Traxler, Rita M. ; Callinan, Laura S. ; Holman, Robert C. ; Steiner, Claudia ; Guerra, Marta A.
Traxler, Rita M. ; Callinan, Laura S. ; Holman, Robert C. ; Steiner, Claudia ; Guerra, Marta A. Less -
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A small percentage of persons with leptospirosis, a reemerging zoonosis, experience severe complications that require hospitalization. The number of leptospirosis cases in the United States is unknown. Thus, to estimate the hospitalization rate for this disease, we analyzed US hospital discharge records for 1998-2009 for the total US population by using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. During that time, the average annual rate of leptospirosis-associated hospitalizations was 0.6 hospitalizations/1,000,000 population. Leptospirosis-associated hospitalization rates were higher for persons >20 years of age and for male patients. For leptospirosis-associated hospitalizations, the average age of patients at admission was lower, the average length of stay for patients was longer, and hospital charges were higher than those for nonleptospirosis infectious disease-associated hospitalizations. Educating clinicians on the signs and symptoms of leptospirosis may result in earlier diagnosis and treatment and, thereby, reduced disease severity and hospitalization costs.
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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Health Care Costs
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Hospitalization
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Leptospirosis/epidemiology
Leptospirosis/history
Male
Middle Aged
Population Surveillance
Young Adult

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 20(8):1273-1279.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Genre:
Historical Article
Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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