Electrocardiographic Alterations in Patients Hospitalized with Leptospirosis in the Brazilian City of Salvador

Autor: Edilson Sacramento, Antonio Alberto Lopes, Everaldo Costa, Olaivio Lima Passos, Yara Aragão Costa, Eliana Dias Matos

Publikováno v: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, Vol 78, Iss 3, Pp 267-270 (2002)

OBJECTIVE: To report the frequency and types of electrocardiographic alterations in patients with leptospirosis in the first 24 hours of hospitalization. METHODS: We analyzed the electrocardiograms of 157 patients admitted to the Hospital Couto Maia

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Formas graves de leptospirose: aspectos clínicos, demográficos e ambientais Severe forms of leptospirosis: clinical, demographic and environmental aspects

Autor: Everaldo Costa, Yara Aragão Costa, Antonio Alberto Lopes, Edilson Sacramento, José Carlos Bina

Publikováno v: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 34, Iss 3, Pp 261-267 (2001)

São descritas as características de 1.016 pacientes internados com leptospirose no Hospital Couto Maia, Salvador, BA, entre 1993 e 1997. Aumento na precipitação pluviométrica mostrou relação com aumento do número de internamentos no mês subs

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/079c7792acdd49bf883e1d248f2a2475

Facial nerve palsy associated with leptospirosis

Autor: Everaldo Costa, Edilson Sacramento, Antonio Alberto Lopes, José Carlos Bina

Publikováno v: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 34, Iss 2, Pp 219-220 (2001)

This case report describes the findings of a 27-year-old black male from Bahia, Brazil, who developed facial palsy during the convalescence phase of leptospirosis. The patient recovered without neurological sequel. This work calls attention to a poss

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Chronic ulcers and myasis as ports of entry for Clostridium tetani

Autor: Jiuseppe Benitivoglio Greco, Edilson Sacramento, José Tavares-Neto

Publikováno v: Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 5, Iss 6, Pp 319-323

Evaluating tetanus immune status is not yet the usual clinical practice regarding patients with chronic ulcers or myasis. However, of 858 tetanus patients at Hospital Couto Maia (Salvador, Bahia, Brazil) aged 1 year or above, 2 had pressure ulcers an

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/df3dfdc2822f43b39f1d519807364983

Penicillin at the late stage of leptospirosis: a randomized controlled trial

Autor: Marcelo Barreto Lopes, José Carlos Bina, Eliana Dias Matos, Antonio Alberto Lopes, Everaldo Costa, Yara Aragão Costa, Edilson Sacramento

Publikováno v: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 45, Iss 3, Pp 141-145 (2003)
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Volume: 45, Issue: 3, Pages: 141-145, Published: JUN 2003
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo; Vol. 45 No. 3 (2003); 141-145
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo; Vol. 45 Núm. 3 (2003); 141-145
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo; v. 45 n. 3 (2003); 141-145
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There is evidence that an early start of penicillin reduces the case-fatality rate of leptospirosis and that chemoprophylaxis is efficacious in persons exposed to the sources of leptospira. The existent data, however, are inconsistent regarding the b

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