Diagnosis, Diagnostics, Immunodiagnosis & Immunodiagnostics:

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.