LEPTOSPIROSIS
(
SEVAMED 2003)
(Diagnosis,
Diagnostics, Immunodiagnosis, Immunodiagnostics, Pathogenesis, Vaccines & Drugs)
6115.
Chung KJ, Hsiao CT, Liu JW, Lee CH. Case reports of leptospirosis in
southern Taiwan. J Formos Med Assoc. 2002 Jul;101(7):514-8.
6116.
Mackintosh C, Haigh JC, Griffin F. Bacterial
diseases of farmed deer and bison. Rev Sci Tech. 2002 Aug;21(2):249-63. Review.
6117.
Sharma A, Joshi SA, Srivastava SK, Bharadwaj R, Khare PM. Leptospirosis
in the causation of hepato-renal syndrome in and around Pune. Indian J Path
Microbiol. 2000; 43(3): 337-41.
6118.
Shibuya N, Shibuya K, Kato H, Yanagisawa M. Kawasaki disease before
kawasaki at Tokyo university hospital. Pediatrics. 2002 Aug;110(2 Pt 1):e17.
Pathogenesis:
6119.
Arzouni JP, Parola P, La Scola B, Postic D, Brouqui P, Raoult D. Human
infection caused by Leptospira fainei. Emerg Infect Dis. 2002 Aug;8(8):865-8.
6120.
Smythe LD, Smith IL, Smith GA, Dohnt MF, Symonds ML, Barnett LJ, McKay
DB. A quantitative PCR (TaqMan) assay for pathogenic Leptospira spp. BMC Infect
Dis. 2002 Jul 8;2(1):13.
Therapy:
6121.
Arzouni JP, Parola P, La Scola B, Postic D, Brouqui P, Raoult D. Human
infection caused by Leptospira fainei. Emerg Infect Dis
2002 Aug;8(8):865-8
6122.
Chung KJ, Hsiao CT, Liu JW, Lee CH. Case reports of leptospirosis in
southern Taiwan. J Formos Med Assoc 2002
Jul;101(7):514-8
6123. Mackintosh C, Haigh JC, Griffin F. Bacterial diseases of farmed deer and bison. Rev Sci Tech 2002 Aug;21(2):249-63.
April 2003
6776.
Kishor
KK, Rao PV, Bhat KR, Shastry BA. Pancreatitis in Weil's disease. Trop Doct
2002 Oct;32(4):230-1.
Pathogenesis:
6777. Rajajee S, Shankar J, Dhattatri L. Pediatric presentations of leptospirosis. Indian J Pediatr 2002 Oct;69(10):851-3
6778. Zuerner RL, Huang WM. Analysis of a Leptospira interrogans locus containing DNA replication genes and a new IS, IS1502. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2002 Oct 8;215(2):175-82.
July 2003
7307.
AJ, Koury MC. Oliveira MA, Caballero OL, Vago AR, Harskeerl RA, Romanha
AJ, Pena SD, Simpson Low-stringency
single specific primer PCR for identification of Leptospira. J Med Microbiol
2003 Feb;52(Pt 2):127-35.
Pathogenesis:
7308.
Levett PN. Usefulness of serologic analysis as a predictor of the
infecting serovar in patients with severe leptospirosis. Clin Infect Dis
2003 Feb 15;36(4):447-52.
7309.
Luks AM, Lakshminarayanan S, Hirschmann JV. Leptospirosis presenting as
diffuse alveolar hemorrhage: case report and literature review. Chest
2003 Feb;123(2):639-43.
7310.
Oliveira MA, Caballero OL, Vago AR, Harskeerl RA, Romanha AJ, Pena SD,
Simpson AJ, Koury MC. Low-stringency single specific primer PCR for
identification of Leptospira. J Med Microbiol
2003 Feb;52(Pt 2):127-35.
7311.
Ruof HR, Rudin C, Heininger U. Influenza-like symptoms and
thrombocytopenia in a teenager. Pediatr Infect Dis J
2003 Jan;22(1):89, 101-2.
7312.
Tattevin P, Dupeux S, Hoff J. Leptospirosis and the antiphospholipid
syndrome. Am J Med 2003 Feb
1;114(2):164.
Therapy:
7313.
Pea L, Roda L, Boussaud V, Lonjon B. Desmopressin therapy for massive
hemoptysis associated with severe leptospirosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med
2003 Mar 1;167(5):726-8
7314.
Watt G, Jongsakul K, Suttinont C. Possible scrub typhus coinfections in
Thai agricultural workers
hospitalized with leptospirosis. Am J Trop Med Hyg
2003 Jan;68(1):89-91
October 2003
8038.
Divate SA, Chaturvedi R, Jadhav NN. Leptospirosis associated with diffuse
alveolar haemorrhage. J Postgrad Med 2002, 48(2), 131-2.
8039.
Panaphut T, Domrongkitchaiporn S, Vibhagool A, Thinkamrop B, Susaengrat
W. Ceftriaxone compared with sodium penicillin g for treatment of severe
leptospirosis. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Jun 15;36(12):1507-13. Epub 2003 Jun 06.
Pathogenesis:
8040.
Cullen PA, Haake DA, Bulach DM, Zuerner RL, Adler B. LipL21 is a novel
surface-exposed lipoprotein of pathogenic Leptospira species. Infect Immun. 2003
May;71(5):2414-21.
8041.
Ren SX, Fu G, Jiang XG, Zeng R, Miao YG, Xu H, Zhang YX, Xiong H, Lu G,
Lu LF, Jiang HQ, Jia J, Tu YF, Jiang JX, Gu WY, Zhang YQ, Cai Z, Sheng HH, Yin
HF, Zhang Y, Zhu GF, Wan M, Huang HL, Qian Z, Wang SY, Ma W, Yao ZJ, Shen Y,
Qiang BQ, Xia QC, Guo XK, Danchin A, Saint Girons I, Somerville RL, Wen YM, Shi
MH, Chen Z, Xu JG, Zhao GP. Unique physiological and pathogenic features of
Leptospira interrogans revealed by whole-genome sequencing. Nature. 2003 Apr
24;422(6934):888-93.
Therapy:
8042.
Vinetz JM. A mountain out of a molehill: do we treat acute leptospirosis,
and if so, with what? Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Jun 15;36(12):1514-5. Epub 2003 Jun
06.