1. Leptospirosis in a European intensive care unit.
- Author
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Michalopoulos A, Pappas G, Papadakis E, Christoforatos T, Malamos P, Koumoudiou C, and Chalevelakis G
- Subjects
- Adult, Aged, Europe, Humans, Intensive Care Units, Leptospirosis mortality, Male, Middle Aged, Leptospirosis epidemiology, Leptospirosis pathology
- Abstract
We report the first series of indigenous European patients with severe leptospirosis in need of intensive care because of acute respiratory distress syndrome, coma and shock. The all-cause hospital mortality was 16.7%, and may have been influenced by relatively early diagnosis, indicating the need for heightened clinical suspicion in Europe.
- Published
- 2010
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