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Atypical lymphocytosis in leptospirosis: a cohort of hospitalized cases between 1996 and 2009 in State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Linfócitos atípicos na leptospirose: coorte de pacientes hospitalizados entre 1996 e 2009, Estado do Rio de Janeiro
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DAMASCO, Paulo Vieira et al. Atypical lymphocytosis in leptospirosis: a cohort of hospitalized cases between 1996 and 2009 in State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira do Medicina Tropical, Uberaba, v. 44, n. 5, p. 611-615, Set./Oct. 2011.
0037-8682
10.1590/s0037-86822011005000050
1678-9849
Autor
Damasco, Paulo Vieira
Avila, Carlos André Lins
Barbosa, Angélica Tápia
Carvalho, Marilza de Moura Ribeiro
Pereira, Geraldo Moura Batista
Lemos, Elba Regina S. de
Bóia, Márcio Neves
Pereira, Martha Maria
Resumen
Leptospirose é uma zoonose que permanece endêmica em regiões tropicais e temperadas. A dificuldade no diagnóstico clínico diferencial entre os quadros de leptospirose humana e as várias arboviroses (dengue, febre amarela, febre de oropouche), febre maculosa brasileira, hepatite viral e hantavirose permanece um problema na Saúde Pública. Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease found in tropical and temperate countries, and its clinical diagnostic confusion with arboviruses (dengue fever, oropouche fever and yellow fever), Brazilian spotted fever, viral hepatitis and hantaviruses has been an ongoing public health concern. The aim of this observational study was to demonstrate an association between findings of atypical lymphocytosis and the progression of endemic leptospirosis.