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| Daher,Elizabeth F; Lima,Rafael SA; Silva Júnior,Geraldo B; Silva,Eveline C; Karbage,Nahme NN; Kataoka,Raquel S; Carvalho Júnior,Paulo C; Magalhães,Max M; Mota,Rosa MS; Libório,Alexandre B. |
| INTRODUCTION: leptospirosis is a zoonosis of worldwide importance. The disease is endemic in Brazil. This study was conducted to describe the clinical and laboratory presentation of leptospirosis in a metropolitan city of Brazil. METHODS: this is a retrospective study including 201 consecutive patients with leptospirosis admitted to tertiary hospitals in Fortaleza, Brazil, between 1985 and 2006. All patients had clinical and epidemiological data suggestive of leptospirosis, and positive laboratorial test for leptospirosis (microscopic agglutination test, MAT, higher than 1:800). RESULTS: a total of 201 patients were included, with mean age of 38.9 ± 15.7 years; 79.1% were male. The mean length from onset of symptoms to admission was 7 ± 3 days. The main... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Leptospirosis; Clinical manifestations; Laboratory findings; Mortality. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000100002 |
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