LEPTOSPIROSIS IN PATIENTS FROM GRENADA, WEST-INDIES

被引：10

作者：

EVERARD, COR

FRASERCHANPONG, GM

BHAGWANDIN, LJ

ALI, S

机构：

[1] GEN HOSP,ST GEORGES,W IND ASSOC ST

[2] WHO PAITO,CARIBBEAN EPIDEMIOL CTR,PORT OF SPAIN,TRINID & TABAGO

来源：

TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE | 1979年 / 73卷 / 03期

基金：

英国医学研究理事会;

关键词：

D O I：

10.1016/0035-9203(79)90088-9

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Evidence of leptospirosis in humans from Grenada, W.I., is reported here for the first time. Of 139 hospital patients with pyrexia of undetermined origin, 94 were jaundiced, and 16 (17%) of these were positive for hepatitis B antigen (HBsAg) and not examined further. 20 of the remaining 123 (16%) febrile patients were positive for leptospiral antibodies; 11 of them were current or recent cases. 25 of 182 (14%) afebrile out-patients showed evidence of previous exposure to leptospiral organisms. The most frequently encountered serogroups in the 45 seropositive in-and outpatients were Icterohaemorrhagiae (38%), Panama (24%) and Canicola (11%). © 1979 Oxford University Press.

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页码：303 / 305

页数：3