Leptospirosis in a European intensive care unit

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-71

  Michalopoulos, Argyris ^a,b   Pappas, Georgios ^c   Papadakis, Emmanuel ^a   Christoforatos, Theodoros ^a   Malamos, Panayiotis ^a   Koumoudiou, Christiana ^a   Chalevelakis, George ^a  

^a HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Alpha Institute of Biomedical Sciences   (Greece)

^c Institute of Continuing Medical Education of Ioannina   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PENICILLIN G;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; GREECE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SHOCK; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; EUROPE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77149176949     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365540903302861     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Pappas G, Papadimitriou P, Siozopoulou V, Christou L, Akritidis N. The globalization of leptospirosis: worldwide incidence trends. Int J Infect Dis 2008;12:351-357
2. Isturiz RE, Torres J, Besso J. Global distribution of infectious diseases requiring intensive care. Crit Care Clin 2006;22: 469-488
3. Paganin F, Bourdin A, Dalban C, Courtin JP, Poubeau P, Borgherini G, et al. Leptospirosis in Reunion Island (Indian Ocean): analysis of factors associated with severity in 147 confirmed cases. Intensive Care Med 2007;33:1959-1966.
4. Bernard GR, Artigas A, Brigham KL, Carlet J, Falke K, Hudson L, et al. The American-European Consensus Conference on ARDS. Definitions, mechanisms, relevant outcomes, and clinical trial coordination. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1994;149:818-824
5. Vincent JL, Moreno R, Takala J, Willatts S, De Mendonça A, Bruining H, et al. The SOFA (sepsis-related organ failure assessment) score to describe organ dysfunction/failure. On behalf of the Working Group on Sepsis-Related Problems of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. Intensive Care Med 1996;22:707-710
6. Winslow WE, Merry DJ, Pirc ML, Devine PL. Evaluation of a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of immunoglobulin M antibody in diagnosis of human leptospiral infection. J Clin Microbiol 1997;35:1938-1942
7. Im JG, Yeon KM, Han MC, Kim CW, Webb WR, Lee JS, et al. Leptospirosis of the lung: radiographic findings in 58 patients. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1989;152:955-959
8. Silva JJ, Dalston MO, Carvalho JE, Setúbal S, Oliveira JM, Pereira MM. Clinicopathological and immunohistochemical features of the severe pulmonary form of leptospirosis. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 2002;35:395-399
9. Segura ER, Ganoza CA, Campos K, Ricaldi JN, Torres S, Silva H, et al. Clinical spectrum of pulmonary involvement in leptospirosis in a region of endemicity, with quantification of leptospiral burden. Clin Infect Dis 2005;40:343-351
10. Gouveia EL, Metcalfe J, de Carvalho AL, Aires TS, Villasboas-Bisneto JC, Queirroz A, et al. Leptospirosisassociated severe pulmonary hemorrhagic syndrome, Salvador, Brazil. Emerg Infect Dis 2008;14:505-508
11. Pappas G, Cascio A. Optimal treatment of leptospirosis: queries and projections. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2006;28: 491-496
12. Ittyachen A, Lakshmanakumar VK, Eapen CK, Joseph MR. Methylprednisolone as adjuvant in treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome owing to leptospirosis-a pilot study. Indian J Crit Care Med 2005;9:133-136
13. Shenoy VV, Nagar VS, Chowdhury AA, Bhalgat PS, Juvale NI. Pulmonary leptospirosis: an excellent response to bolus methylprednisolone. Postgrad Med J 2006;82:602-606
14. Chawla V, Trivedi TH, Yeolekar ME. Epidemic of leptospirosis: an ICU experience. J Assoc Physicians India 2004;52: 619-622
15. Vickery B, Flynn SA, Calder L, Freebairn RC. Leptospirosis presenting to an intensive care unit in provincial New Zealand: a case series and review. Crit Care Resusc 2006;8:192-199