Coagulation disorders in patients with severe leptospirosis are associated with severe bleeding and mortality

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 152-159

  Wagenaar, J F P ^a   Goris, M G A ^b   Partiningrum, D L ^c   Isbandrio, B ^c   Hartskeerl, R A ^b   Brandjes, D P M ^a   Meijers, J C M ^d   Gasem, M H ^c   Van Gorp, E C M ^a,e  

^a SLOTERVAART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c DIPONEGORO UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Disseminated intravascular coagulation; Fibrinolysis; Leptospira; Leptospirosis; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIPLASMIN; ANTITHROMBIN; D DIMER; PLASMIN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; PROCOAGULANT; PROTEIN C; THROMBIN ANTITHROMBIN COMPLEX;

COAGULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROTHROMBIN TIME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROGNOSIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME;

LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 74349125718     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02434.x     Document Type: Article

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