2016
Cathelicidin Insufficiency in Patients with Fatal Leptospirosis
Lindow JC, Wunder EA, Popper SJ, Min JN, Mannam P, Srivastava A, Yao Y, Hacker KP, Raddassi K, Lee PJ, Montgomery RR, Shaw AC, Hagan JE, Araújo GC, Nery N, Relman DA, Kim CC, Reis MG, Ko AI. Cathelicidin Insufficiency in Patients with Fatal Leptospirosis. PLOS Pathogens 2016, 12: e1005943. PMID: 27812211, PMCID: PMC5094754, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005943.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHost immune responseHigh bacterial loadBacterial loadAcute leptospirosisCase fatalityFatal casesDisease progressionImmune responseHigher systemic bacterial loadsValuable new therapeutic approachPro-inflammatory cytokine receptorsAdaptive immune signaturesSystemic bacterial loadsIndependent risk factorTime of hospitalizationDuration of illnessHigh case fatalityPoor clinical outcomeNew therapeutic approachesBlood transcriptional profilingLimited study sizeFatal leptospirosisLethal leptospirosisRANTES levelsSerum cathelicidin
2001
Evaluation of Recombinant Leptospira Antigen-Based Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays for the Serodiagnosis of Leptospirosis
Flannery B, Costa D, Carvalho F, Guerreiro H, Matsunaga J, Da Silva E, Ferreira A, Riley L, Reis M, Haake D, Ko A. Evaluation of Recombinant Leptospira Antigen-Based Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays for the Serodiagnosis of Leptospirosis. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 2001, 39: 3303-3310. PMID: 11526167, PMCID: PMC88335, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.39.9.3303-3310.2001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, BacterialEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayHumansImmunoglobulin GLeptospiraLeptospirosisLipoproteinsRecombinant ProteinsSensitivity and SpecificityConceptsEnzyme-linked immunosorbent assayIgG enzyme-linked immunosorbent assaySerodiagnosis of leptospirosisHealthy individualsImmunosorbent assayTest-positive individualsCases of leptospirosisHigh-incidence regionsLyme disease patientsMicroscopic agglutination testConvalescent phaseHepatitis patientsAcute phaseDengue patientsDisease patientsPatient seraHealthy residentsLeptospira antigensCutoff valueDiagnostic utilityPatientsAgglutination testUseful antigenLeptospirosisAntigen