Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2012)

Outbreak of Leptospirosis after Flood, the Philippines, 2009

  • Al-shere T. Amilasan,
  • Mugen Ujiie,
  • Motoi Suzuki,
  • Eumelia Salva,
  • Maria Cecilia P. Belo,
  • Nobuo Koizumi,
  • Kumiko Yoshimatsu,
  • Wolf-Peter Schmidt,
  • Shane Marte,
  • Efren M. Dimaano,
  • Jose Benito Villarama,
  • Koya Ariyoshi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1801.101892
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 1
pp. 91 – 94

Abstract

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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.

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