A prospective study was designed to evaluate disorders of hemostasis and levels of anticardiolipin antibodies (ACL) in 30 patients with severe leptospirosis and acute renal failure (ARF) (ARF was defined as serum creatinine > or = 1.5 mg/dL). The patients had been admitted to the Walter Cantídio University Hospital, São José Infectious Diseases Hospital and General Hospital of Fortaleza, Ceará, from August 1999 to July 2001. They all were male, with a mean age of 32 ± 14 years and with clinical and laboratory diagnoses of ARF leptospirosis. The time elapsed between onset of symptoms and the first hemorrhagic manifestation was 9 ± 4 days. Bleeding was observed in 86% of the patients. Laboratory tests showed significantly high levels of urea...
Hyperamylasemia has been reported in more than 65% of patients with severe leptospirosis, and the tr...
Severe leptospirosis affects predominantly males and presents a high susceptibility to hypokalemic a...
São descritas as características de 1.016 pacientes internados com leptospirose no Hospital Couto Ma...
A prospective study was designed to evaluate disorders of hemostasis and levels of anticardiolipin a...
Leptospirosis is a disease that has a huge variation of presenting symptoms. It may vary from a flu-...
The present study has intended to contribute to the elucidation of the pathogenic mechanisms, involv...
Introduction. Leptospirosis is en endemic disease in Northeast of Brazil, which is characterized by ...
OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to investigate factors associated with thrombocytopenia in a lar...
Objective: to analyze clinical and pathoanatomic characteristics of hemostatic disorders in patients...
Leptospirosis severity may be increasing, with pulmonary involvement becoming more frequent. Does th...
São descritas as características de 1.016 pacientes internados com leptospirose no Hospital Couto Ma...
OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to investigate factors associated with thrombocytopenia in a lar...
A leptospirose é causada por uma espiroqueta da família Spirochaetaceae do gênero Leptospira, classi...
The effectiveness of specific antibiotic treatment in severe leptospirosis is still under debate. As...
El presente estudio clínico realizado en la ciudad de Maracaibo del Estado Zulia durante el período ...
Hyperamylasemia has been reported in more than 65% of patients with severe leptospirosis, and the tr...
Severe leptospirosis affects predominantly males and presents a high susceptibility to hypokalemic a...
São descritas as características de 1.016 pacientes internados com leptospirose no Hospital Couto Ma...
A prospective study was designed to evaluate disorders of hemostasis and levels of anticardiolipin a...
Leptospirosis is a disease that has a huge variation of presenting symptoms. It may vary from a flu-...
The present study has intended to contribute to the elucidation of the pathogenic mechanisms, involv...
Introduction. Leptospirosis is en endemic disease in Northeast of Brazil, which is characterized by ...
OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to investigate factors associated with thrombocytopenia in a lar...
Objective: to analyze clinical and pathoanatomic characteristics of hemostatic disorders in patients...
Leptospirosis severity may be increasing, with pulmonary involvement becoming more frequent. Does th...
São descritas as características de 1.016 pacientes internados com leptospirose no Hospital Couto Ma...
OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to investigate factors associated with thrombocytopenia in a lar...
A leptospirose é causada por uma espiroqueta da família Spirochaetaceae do gênero Leptospira, classi...
The effectiveness of specific antibiotic treatment in severe leptospirosis is still under debate. As...
El presente estudio clínico realizado en la ciudad de Maracaibo del Estado Zulia durante el período ...
Hyperamylasemia has been reported in more than 65% of patients with severe leptospirosis, and the tr...
Severe leptospirosis affects predominantly males and presents a high susceptibility to hypokalemic a...
São descritas as características de 1.016 pacientes internados com leptospirose no Hospital Couto Ma...