2008
Leptospirosis-associated Severe Pulmonary Hemorrhagic Syndrome, Salvador, Brazil - Volume 14, Number 3—March 2008 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Gouveia EL, Metcalfe J, de Carvalho AL, Aires TS, Villasboas-Bisneto JC, Queirroz A, Santos AC, Salgado K, Reis MG, Ko AI. Leptospirosis-associated Severe Pulmonary Hemorrhagic Syndrome, Salvador, Brazil - Volume 14, Number 3—March 2008 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2008, 14: 505-508. PMID: 18325275, PMCID: PMC2570821, DOI: 10.3201/eid1403.071064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBrazilCommunicable Diseases, EmergingFemaleHemorrhageHumansLeptospirosisLung DiseasesMalePopulation SurveillanceTime Factors
2000
Clonally Related Penicillin-Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 14 from Cases of Meningitis in Salvador, Brazil
Ko A, Reis J, Coppola S, Gouveia E, Cordeiro S, Lôbo T, Pinheiro R, Salgado K, Dourado C, Tavares-Neto J, Rocha H, Reis M, Johnson W, Riley L. Clonally Related Penicillin-Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 14 from Cases of Meningitis in Salvador, Brazil. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2000, 30: 78-86. PMID: 10619737, DOI: 10.1086/313619.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPenicillin-nonsusceptible isolatesSerotype 14 isolatesSerotype 14Pneumococcal meningitisActive hospital-based surveillanceCases of meningitisHospital-based surveillancePrevious antibiotic useIntermediate-level resistanceSerotype 14 strainsPolymerase chain reaction analysisAntibiotic useChain reaction analysisPrevalent serotypesMeningitisUnrelated patternsPCR patternsCity of SalvadorPatientsStreptococcus pneumoniae serotype 14Reaction analysisIsolatesLarge proportionGeographic areasInfection
1999
Urban epidemic of severe leptospirosis in Brazil
Ko A, Reis M, Dourado C, Johnson W, Riley L, Group S. Urban epidemic of severe leptospirosis in Brazil. The Lancet 1999, 354: 820-825. PMID: 10485724, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(99)80012-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBrazilDengueDiagnosis, DifferentialDisease OutbreaksFemaleHumansLeptospira interrogansMalePopulation SurveillanceUrban HealthWeil DiseaseConceptsDengue feverInfectious disease referral hospitalAggressive supportive careEpidemic of leptospirosisStrong independent predictorPositive blood culturesLarge urban outbreaksIdentification of leptospiresRenal insufficiencyRespiratory insufficiencySevere leptospirosisSupportive careIndependent predictorsReferral hospitalOutpatient clinicSevere anemiaSevere manifestationsActive surveillanceMental statusRisk factorsBlood culturesDiagnostic confusionUrban epidemicMicroagglutination testUrban outbreaks