Predictors of mortality in leptospirosis: An observational study from two hospitals in Kolkata, eastern India

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 791-796

  Goswami, Rudra P ^a,d   Goswami, Rama P ^b   Basu, Ayan ^b   Tripathi, Santanu Kumar ^b   Chakrabarti, Sanghamitra ^c   Chattopadhyay, Indrajit ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b CALCUTTA SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (India)

^c GLAN CLWYD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Aspartate alanine aminotransferase ratio (AAR); Early antibiotic therapy; India; Leptospirosis; Mortality; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGE; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLEEDING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIAN; JAUNDICE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OLIGURIA; PANCREATITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; THERAPY DELAY; VOMITING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INDIA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGURIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937796093     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/tru144     Document Type: Article

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