Is severe visceral leishmaniasis a systemic inflammatory response syndrome? A case control study A leishmaniose visceral grave é uma síndrome da resposta inflamatória sistêmica? Um estudo caso-controle

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Carlos Henrique Nery Costa, Guilherme Loureiro Werneck, Dorcas Lamounier Costa, Thiago Ayres Holanda, Guilherme Brasileiro Aguiar, Aline Santos Carvalho, Janaína Costa Cavalcanti, Loryenne Santos Santos
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2010
• Subjects: Leishmaniose visceral; Calazar; Síndrome da resposta inflamatória sistêmica; AIDS; Sangramento; Visceral leishmaniasis; Kala-azar; Severe inflammatory response syndrome; Bleeding; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Azar
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822010000400010; https://doaj.org/article/695b06cc52a74f81be41677f21dc0d1c

INTRODUCTION: The objective of the study is to identify the main risk factors for death by New World visceral leishmaniasis and establish a coherent pathogenic substrate of severe disease based on clinical findings. METHODS: Seventy-six deceased inpatients and 320 successfully treated inpatients wit...