Factors Associated with Severe Leptospirosis, Martinique, 2010–2013

Abstract

To identify factors associated with disease severity, we examined 102 patients with quantitative PCR–confirmed leptospirosis in Martinique during 2010–2013. Associated factors were hypotension, chest auscultation abnormalities, icterus, oligo/anuria, thrombocytopenia, prothrombin time <68%, high levels of leptospiremia, and infection with L. interrogans serovar Icterohaemorrhagiae/Copenhageni.

Keywords

• severe leptospirosis
• leptospiremia
• Leptospira interrogans
• serogroup Icterohaemorrhagiae
• qPCR
• Martinique