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Severe leptospirosis in Morocco: comparative data from the Amazonian area

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank Matthieu Picardeau and Pascale Bourhy, from the French National Reference Center of Leptospirosis, for kindly providing leptospirosis biological results of our facilities.

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  1. Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Avenue des Flamboyants, 97300, Cayenne, French Guiana

    Loïc Epelboin, Paul Le Turnier, Emilie Mosnier, Magalie Demar & Félix Djossou

  2. Equipe EA 3593, Ecosystèmes Amazoniens et Pathologie Tropicale, Université de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana

    Loïc Epelboin, Emilie Mosnier, Roxane Schaub, Magalie Demar, Mathieu Nacher & Félix Djossou

  3. Centres Délocalisés de Prévention et de Soins, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne, French Guiana

    Emilie Mosnier

  4. Centre d’Investigation Clinique, CIC INSERM 1424, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne, French Guiana

    Roxane Schaub & Mathieu Nacher

  5. Emergency Department, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, 97300, Cayenne, French Guiana

    Erwann Fontaine

  6. Intensive Care Unit, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne, French Guiana

    Stéphanie Houcke

  7. Public Health Department, Centre Hospitalier Franck Joly, Saint-Laurent Du Maroni, French Guiana

    Anne Jolivet

  8. Laboratoire Hospitalo-universitaire de Parasitologie Mycologie, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne, French Guiana

    Magalie Demar

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All the authors have contributed substantially to the conception and design of the study, the acquisition of data or the analysis and interpretation of the data, have drafted or provided critical revision of the article and have provided final approval of the version submitted for publication.

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Leptospirosis is a potentially life-threatening bacterial disease associated with a high frequency of severe cases and death despite modern intensive care procedures as found in French Guiana. Acute respiratory failure is more frequent in French Guiana while jaundice and hemorrhage are more frequent in Morocco.

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Epelboin, L., Le Turnier, P., Mosnier, E. et al. Severe leptospirosis in Morocco: comparative data from the Amazonian area. Intensive Care Med 44, 129–132 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-017-4917-7

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