Leptospira Serovar as Prognostic Factor
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To the Editor: Herrmann-Storck et al. (1) investigated prognostic factors of leptospirosis and concluded that infection with Leptospira interrogans serovar Icterohemorrhagiae was linked to severe outcomes. We have concerns about this conclusion. These researchers were comparing clinical severity of disease among patients for whom serovars of infecting isolates had been identifi ed. However, in that study, blood culture was performed for only 88 (52%) of 168 casepatients, and serovars were identifi ed for 40 (73%) of 55 Leptospira strains isolated. Expecting these 40 patients (24% of total) to represent all casepatients in the study is unjustifi ed. Also, the authors evaluated potential risk factors among these patients by applying a multivariable logistic regression model. This process is questionable. First, the sample size of 40 is not large enough to warrant multivariable analysis with 9 independent variables. Actually, only 8 case-patients had severe disease, although at least 10 outcomes are required for variables in a logistic regression model (2). Second, the model selected is inappropriate. Variables such as thrombocytopenia, hyperneutrophilia, hyperamylasemia, and elevated asparate aminotransferase levels are laboratory fi ndings of severe leptospirosis (and not risk factors of disease). These factors should not be included in a multiple logistic regression model as confounders. We believe it is premature to reach a conclusion about the association between Leptospira serovars and clinical severity from the data presented by Herrmann-Storck et al.
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دوره 16 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2010