Clinical manifestations of human leptospirosis: bacteria matter.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A high incidence of human leptospirosis is recorded on Mayotte, an oceanic island located in southwestern Indian Ocean, but the severity of the disease appears relatively mild in terms of mortality rate and admission to the intensive care unit. It has been proposed that mild leptospirosis may result from a limited virulence of some of the occurring Leptospira species to which the population is exposed.

Methods

Clinical and biological data of patients admitted to the Centre Hospitalier de Mayotte were collected and the infecting Leptospira species were determined through molecular typing.

Results

Leptospira interrogans was detected in the minority of admitted patients but most of these patients suffered from severe forms, with 50% admi

SUBMITTER: Rajaonarivelo JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10635415 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature