title: [Leptospirosis in children in Rio do Janeiro].
abstract: In order to obtain data about clinical manifestations of symptomatic leptospiral infection in children, the authors reviewed 188 microscopic agglutination tests performed on sera of patients aged 0 to 12 years, made at the National Reference Laboratory of Leptospirosis (FIOCRUZ-RJ) from January 1983 to June 1991. Fifty two (27.6%) sera were positive. Twenty three (12.2%) children had serological evidence of acute infection. The most frequent signs and symptoms of these 23 cases were: fever (100%); myalgia (69.5%); headache (52.1%); jaundice (47.8%); vomit (34.8%); abdominal pain, hemorrhagic manifestations and impaired renal function (17.4%); conjunctivitis (13%); hepatomegaly (4.3%).
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Hospital dos Servidores do Estado, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Pereira
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007919:Leptospira / Q000276:immunology; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial
vernacular_title: Leptospirose em crianças no Rio de Janeiro.