PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | leptospirosis |
| Symptom | C0009450|infection |
| Sentences | 7 |
| PubMedID- 26269124 | As sri lanka and india share common geographic, climatic and socio-demographic characteristics, a similar incidence of co-infection with leptospirosis and dengue can be expected in sri lanka as well. |
| PubMedID- 24002486 | Co-infection with leptospirosis and scrub typhus was first reported in rice farmers who were hospitalized with leptospirosis in northeastern thailand; with 9 (40%) of 22 patients were also seropositive for scrub typhus.3 dual infection has also been reported in taiwan and india.4–6 a study from thailand reported that 103 (12.2%) of 845 patients with an acute febrile illness had dual infection, of which 33 were attributed to leptospirosis and scrub typhus.2 all previous studies have relied on serologic tests, and the possibility remains that co-infection represents cross-reactivity between serologic assays, or an acute infection by one pathogen after a recent infection by another pathogen. |
| PubMedID- 23555644 | All selected patients had a laboratory confirmed leptospirosis without concomitant infection and all were treated with antibiotics. |
| PubMedID- 24416459 | However, a single titer of at least 1∶200 obtained after the onset of symptoms also suggests recent or current infection with leptospirosis . |
| PubMedID- 22567331 | In the bivariate analysis, women had 10 times more risk of infection with leptospirosis when compared with men (rmp = 10.1, ci 95% 3.6–28.6, p < 0.05). |
| PubMedID- 25255143 | In the present study, we determine if a first infection with leptospirosis protects against subsequent reinfection, and investigate which of the host genetic factors are involved in the susceptibility and resistance to leptospirosis. |
| PubMedID- 22163057 | Thirty-three (12%) patients were confirmed as having dengue; 2 had dengue co-infection with influenza and leptospirosis, respectively. |
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