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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-12-12
pubmed:abstractText
The hemorrhagic syndrome of leptospirosis was studied in guinea pigs. The study correlates hematological, histopathological and immunohistochemical alterations in sixty animals inoculated by the intraperitoneal route with 1ml of the culture of virulent strain of Leptospira interrogans serovar copenhageni. Leptospirae antigens were detected by immunoperoxidase, chiefly in liver, kidney and heart muscle capillaries. Possible pathogenic mechanisms responsible for hemorrhagic syndrome are discussed with emphasis on toxic and anoxic attacks causing damage to endothelia, platelet depletion and alterations to hemostasia rates: prothrombin time [PT], partial thromboplastin time [PTT] and fibrinogen concentrations. The clinical-laboratory picture is compatible with the histopathological observation of disseminated intravascular coagulation [DIC] in most of the guinea pigs from day 4 of infection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0037-8682
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
169-77
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
The hemorrhagic syndrome of leptospirosis: an experimental study in guinea pigs.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratório de Pesquisa em Anatomia Patológica, Hospital Evandro Chagas do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article