LEPTOSPIROSIS

January, 2005

Diagnosis, Diagnostics, Immunodiagnosis & Immunodiagnostics:

11048. Chandrasekaran S, Gomathi S. Standard screening test for the early and rapid diagnosis of Leptospirosis. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology. 2004 Jan; 22(1): 23-7.

11049. Kishimoto M, Brown JD, Chung HH, Howman S. Leptospirosis misdiagnosed as pulmonary-renal syndrome. Am J Med Sci. 2004 Aug;328(2):116-20.

11050. Wuthiekanun V, Amornchai P, Chierakul W, Cheng AC, White NJ, Peacock SJ, Day NP. Evaluation of immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG rapid cassette test kits for diagnosis of melioidosis in an area of endemicity. J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Aug;42(8):3435-7.

Pathogenesis:

11051. Hasnain SE, Ahmed N. Leptospirosis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2004 Sep;4(9):543; discussion 544.

Therapy:

11052. Morgan LK. Fatal leptospirosis presenting as musculoskeletal pain. Med J Aust. 2004 Aug 16;181(4):229.

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April, 2005

Diagnosis, Diagnostics, Immunodiagnosis & Immunodiagnostics:

11542. Roy S, Biswas D, Vijayachari P, Sugunan AP, Sehgal SC. A 22-mer primer enhances discriminatory power of AP-PCR fingerprinting technique in characterization of leptospires. Trop Med Int Health. 2004 Nov;9(11):1203-9.

11543. Wu MS, Yang CW, Pan MJ, Chang CT, Chen YC. Reduced renal Na+-K+-Cl- co-transporter activity and inhibited NKCC2 mRNA expression by Leptospira shermani: from bed-side to bench. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2004 Oct;19(10):2472-9.

Pathogenesis:

11544. Chierakul W, de Fost M, Suputtamongkol Y, Limpaiboon R, Dondorp A, White NJ, van der Poll T. Differential expression of interferon-gamma and interferon-gamma-inducing cytokines in Thai patients with scrub typhus or leptospirosis. Clin Immunol. 2004 Nov;113(2):140-4.

Vaccines:

11545. Nakarin J, Pradutkanchana S. Evaluation of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and indirect hemagglutination assay for detection of leptospiral antibody by using three different antigens. J Med Assoc Thai. 2004 Oct;87(10):1218-24.

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July, 2005

Diagnosis, Diagnostics, Immunodiagnosis & Immunodiagnostics:

Levett PN, Morey RE, Galloway RL, Turner DE, Steigerwalt AG, Mayer LW. Detection of pathogenic leptospires by real-time quantitative PCR. J Med Microbiol. 2005 Jan;54(Pt 1):45-9.

Pathogenesis:

Burth P, Younes-Ibrahim M, Santos MC, Castro-Faria Neto HC, de Castro Faria MV. Role of nonesterified unsaturated fatty acids in the pathophysiological processes of leptospiral infection. J Infect Dis. 2005 Jan 1;191(1):51-7.

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October, 2005

Diagnosis, Diagnostics, Immunodiagnosis & Immunodiagnostics:

12762. Biswas D, Roy S, Vijayachari P, Natarajaseenivasan K, Sehgal SC. Comparison of immunoreactive proteins of commonly circulating serogroups of Leptospira in Andaman Islands, India. Indian Journal of Medical Research. 2005 Mar; 121(3): 151-158.

12763. Chandrashekaran S, Gomathi S. A standard screening test for the early and rapid diagnosis of leptospirosis. Indian J Med Microbiol 2004; 22(1): 23-7.

12764. Gupta N, Sambasiva RR, Bhalla P, Agarwal SK. Serodiagnosis of leptospirosis in Delhi using IgM enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. Indian J Med Res 2004;120(6):557-8.

12765. Karande S, Patil S, Kulkarni M, Joshi A, Bharadwaj R. Acute aseptic meningitis as the only presenting feature of leptospirosis. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2005 Apr;24(4):390-1.

12766. Kumar J, Venkatesha HS, Nandini MD, Renuka Prasad C. Diagnosis of leptospirosis using microscopic agglutination test and slot blot hybridization. Indian J Vet Med 2004; 24(2):111-12.

12767. Mansour-Ghanaei F, Sarshad A, Fallah MS, Pourhabibi A, Pourhabibi K, Yousefi-Mashhoor M. Leptospirosis in Guilan, a northern province of Iran: assessment of the clinical presentation of 74 cases. Med Sci Monit. 2005 May;11(5):CR219-223.

Therapy:

12768. Kaul DR, Flanders SA, Saint S. Clinical problem-solving. Clear as mud. N Engl J Med. 2005 May 5;352(18):1914-8.

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