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- Title
Outbreak of Leptospirosis after Flood, the Philippines, 2009.
- Authors
Amilasan, Al-shere T.; Ujiie, Mugen; Suzuki, Motoi; Salva, Eumelia; Belo, Maria Cecilia P.; Koizumi, Nobuo; Yoshimatsu, Kumiko; Schmidt, Wolf-Peter; Marte, Shane; Dimaano, Efren M.; Villarama, Jose Benito; Ariyoshi, Koya
- Abstract
After a typhoon in September 2009, an outbreak of leptospirosis occurred in Metro Manila, the Philippines; 471 patients were hospitalized and 51 (10.8%) died. A hospital-based investigation found risk factors associated with fatal infection to be older age, hemoptysis, anuria, jaundice, and delayed treatment with antimicrobial drugs.
- Subjects
MANILA (Philippines); PHILIPPINES; LEPTOSPIROSIS; EPIDEMIC research; TYPHOONS; EMERGING infectious diseases
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2012, Vol 18, Issue 1, p91
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1801.101892