Leptospirosis in febrile patients with suspected diagnosis of dengue fever

BMC Research Notes

Eduardo Verne¹  Luis J. del Valle²  Sungmin Kym³  Hugo Carrillo-Ng⁴  Ronald Aquino-Ortega⁵  Carlos Palomares-Reyes⁵  Yordi Tarazona-Castro⁵  Wilmer Silva-Caso⁵  Johanna Martins-Luna⁵  Miguel Angel Aguilar-Luis⁵  Juana del Valle-Mendoza⁵  Isaac Peña-Tuesta⁵ 

[1] ;Barcelona Research Center for Multiscale Science and Engineering, Departament D’Enginyeria Química, EEBE, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC);Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine;Laboratorio de Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Investigación Nutricional;School of Medicine, Research and Innovation Center of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas;

关键词: Acute febrile illnesses;    Leptospirosis;    DENV;    Tropical disease;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13104-021-05627-3

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract Objective This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of leptospirosis among febrile patients with a suspicious clinical diagnosis of dengue fever in northern Peru. Results A total of 276 serum samples from patients with acute febrile illness (AFI) and suspected diagnosis for dengue virus (DENV) were analyzed. We identified an etiological agent in 121 (47.5%) patients, DENV was detected in 30.4% of the cases, leptospirosis in 11.2% and co-infection by both pathogens was observed in 5.9% of the patients. In this study the most common clinical symptoms reported by the patients were: headache 89.1%, myalgias 86.9% and arthralgias 82.9%. No differences in symptomatology was observed among the different study groups.

【 授权许可】

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