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Factors Associated with Severe Leptospirosis, Martinique, 2010–2013

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Hochedez, Patrick | Theodose, Rafaelle | Olive, Claude | Bourhy, Pascale | Hurtrel, Guillaume | Vignier, Nicolas | Mehdaoui, Hossein | Valentino, Ruddy | Martinez, Roland | Delord, Jean-Marie | Herrmann, Cécile | Lamaury, Isabelle | Césaire, Raymond | Picardeau, Mathieu | Cabié, André

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International audience. 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 <68%, high levels of leptospiremia, and infection with L. interrogans serovar Icterohaemorrhagiae/Copenhageni.

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