TY - JOUR
T1 - Varied presentations of leptospirosis
T2 - experience from a tertiary care hospital in north India
AU - Chaudhry, Rama
AU - Saigal, Karnika
AU - Bahadur, Tej
AU - Kant, Kamla
AU - Chourasia, Bishwanath
AU - Gupta, Nitin
PY - 2017/4/1
Y1 - 2017/4/1
N2 - Leptospirosis has been recognised as an emerging global public health problem. The aim of our study was to explore the epidemiological and clinical pattern of disease occurrence in suspected cases and to search for any existing co-infections. Ours was a retrospective study in patients with acute febrile illness in north India over a period of three years (April 2011 to June 2014). Serological diagnosis of leptospirosis was made using the PanBio IgM ELISA kit. Using modified Faine’s criteria, presumptive and possible diagnosis was made in 57% and 34% cases, respectively. Most of the affected population was resident in north and central India. Nineteen patients showed co-infection with other common pathogens prevailing locally. There is a need to increase awareness and understand the local sero-epidemiological pattern of leptospirosis so that timely preventive and curative action may be taken by healthcare authorities.
AB - Leptospirosis has been recognised as an emerging global public health problem. The aim of our study was to explore the epidemiological and clinical pattern of disease occurrence in suspected cases and to search for any existing co-infections. Ours was a retrospective study in patients with acute febrile illness in north India over a period of three years (April 2011 to June 2014). Serological diagnosis of leptospirosis was made using the PanBio IgM ELISA kit. Using modified Faine’s criteria, presumptive and possible diagnosis was made in 57% and 34% cases, respectively. Most of the affected population was resident in north and central India. Nineteen patients showed co-infection with other common pathogens prevailing locally. There is a need to increase awareness and understand the local sero-epidemiological pattern of leptospirosis so that timely preventive and curative action may be taken by healthcare authorities.
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U2 - 10.1177/0049475516687431
DO - 10.1177/0049475516687431
M3 - Article
C2 - 28092222
AN - SCOPUS:85018987740
SN - 0049-4755
VL - 47
SP - 128
EP - 132
JO - Tropical Doctor
JF - Tropical Doctor
IS - 2
ER -
