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Epidemiology, clinical and laboratory features of 24 consecutive cases of leptospirosis at a German infectious disease center.

Thomas Theo Brehm, Julian Schulze Zur Wiesch, Marc Lütgehetmann, Dennis Tappe, Philip Eisermann, Ansgar W Lohse, Marylyn M Addo, Stefan Schmiedel

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Article in Infection, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Thomas Theo BrehmI. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany. t.brehm@uke.de.
Julian Schulze Zur WieschI. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Marc LütgehetmannInstitute of Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Dennis TappeBernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
Philip EisermannBernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
Ansgar W LohseI. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Marylyn M AddoI. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Stefan SchmiedelI. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To determine epidemiological, clinical and laboratory characteristics of leptospirosis, 24 consecutive patients diagnosed with the infection between 2011 and 2017 at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf were retrospectively analyzed. The majority of patients were male travelers who returned from Southeast Asia and had a history of freshwater-associated activities. Considering the lack of discriminatory clinical or clinical chemistry parameters, leptospirosis should be regarded as differential diagnosis in any patient with acute febrile illness, especially with a history of travel to tropical and subtropical regions or freshwater exposure.

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AdultAgedAsia, SoutheasternCohort StudiesCommunicable Diseases, ImportedDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleFeverGermanyHumansLeptospirosisMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesTravelTropical ClimateGermanyLeptospirosisSoutheast AsiaTravelerZoonosis

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