1. Factors Associated with Severe Leptospirosis, Martinique, 2010–2013
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Patrick Hochedez, Rafaelle Theodose, Claude Olive, Pascale Bourhy, Guillaume Hurtrel, Nicolas Vignier, Hossein Mehdaoui, Ruddy Valentino, Roland Martinez, Jean-Marie Delord, Cécile Herrmann, Isabelle Lamaury, Raymond Césaire, Mathieu Picardeau, and André Cabié
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severe leptospirosis ,leptospiremia ,Leptospira interrogans ,serogroup Icterohaemorrhagiae ,qPCR ,Martinique ,Medicine ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Abstract
To identify factors associated with disease severity, we examined 102 patients with quantitative PCR–confirmed leptospirosis in Martinique during 2010–2013. Associated factors were hypotension, chest auscultation abnormalities, icterus, oligo/anuria, thrombocytopenia, prothrombin time
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- 2015
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