Clinical predictors of dengue fever co-infected with leptospirosis among patients admitted for dengue fever - a pilot study

• Main Authors: Suppiah, Jeyanthi, Chan, Shie Yien, Ng, Min Wern, Khaw, Yam Sim, Ching, Siew Mooi, Mat Nor, Lailatul Akmar, Ahmad Najimudin, Naematul Ain, Chee, Hui Yee
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61125/1/Clinical%20predictors%20of%20dengue%20fever%20co-infected%20with%20leptospirosis%20among%20patients%20admitted%20for%20dengue%20fever-a%20pilot%20study.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61125/; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5488303/pdf/12929_2017_Article_344.pdf

Background: Dengue and leptospirosis infections are currently two major endemics in Malaysia. Owing to the overlapping clinical symptoms between both the diseases, frequent misdiagnosis and confusion of treatment occurs. As a solution, the present work initiated a pilot study to investigate the inci...