Leptospirosis in a European intensive care unit.
We report the first series of indigenous European patients with severe leptospirosis in need of intensive care because of acute respiratory distress syndrome, coma and shock. The all-cause hospital mortality was 16.7%, and may have been influenced by relatively early diagnosis, indicating the need for heightened clinical suspicion in Europe.
Michalopoulos
Argyris
A
Intensive Care Unit, Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens, Greece. amichalopoulos@hol.gr
Pappas
Georgios
G
Papadakis
Emmanuel
E
Christoforatos
Theodoros
T
Malamos
Panayiotis
P
Koumoudiou
Christiana
C
Chalevelakis
George
G
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged