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de Jong, Hanna K, Parry, Christopher, van der Vaart, Thomas W, Kager, Liesbeth M, van den Ende, Stannie J, Maude, Rapeephan R, Wijedoru, Lalith, Ghose, Aniruddha, Hasan, Mohammed U, Hossain, Mohammed A, Dondorp, Arjan M, Baker, Steve, Faiz, M Abul, Meijers, Joost C M and Wiersinga, W Joost (2018) 'Activation of coagulation and endothelium with concurrent impairment of anticoagulant mechanisms in patients with typhoid fever.'. Journal of Infection, Vol 77, Issue 1, pp. 60-67.
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Abstract
OBJECTIVES
Typhoid fever caused by Salmonella Typhi remains a major burden worldwide. Gastrointestinal bleeding can be seen in up to 10 percent of patients and may be fatal. The coagulopathy, which may be the driver of this severe complication in patients with typhoid fever, however is ill defined. The aim of this study was to evaluate the activation of coagulation, anticoagulation, and fibrinolysis in patients with acute typhoid fever.
METHODS
Parameters of coagulation and fibrinolysis were measured in 28 hospitalized patients with culture-confirmed or PCR-confirmed typhoid fever and compared to 38 age- and sex-matched healthy volunteers.
RESULTS
Patients demonstrated activation of the coagulation system, as reflected by elevated in vitro thrombin generation and high plasma levels of fibrinogen, D-dimer and prothrombin fragment F1+2 in concert with consumption of coagulation factors resulting in a prolonged prothrombin-time and activated-partial-thromboplastin-time. Concurrently, the anticoagulant proteins, protein C and antithrombin, were significantly lower in comparison to healthy controls. Patients also demonstrated evidence of activation and inhibition of fibrinolysis and a marked activation of endothelial cells. The extent of coagulation activation was associated with the course of the disease, repeated testing during convalescence showed a return toward normal values.
CONCLUSIONS
Activation of coagulation is an important clinical feature of typhoid fever and is associated with severity of disease.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | QS Anatomy > Histology > QS 532.5.E7 Epithelium QV Pharmacology > Hematologic Agents > QV 193 Anticoagulants WC Communicable Diseases > Infection. Bacterial Infections > General Infection > WC 195 Infection. Cross infection. Laboratory infection WC Communicable Diseases > Infection. Bacterial Infections > Enteric Infections > WC 270 Typhoid fever WH Hemic and Lymphatic Systems > Hematologic Diseases. Immunologic Factors. Blood Banks > WH 300 Blood platelets |
| Faculty: Department: | Clinical Sciences & International Health > Clinical Sciences Department |
| Digital Object Identifer (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2018.03.008 |
| Depositing User: | Stacy Murtagh |
| Date Deposited: | 18 May 2018 10:25 |
| Last Modified: | 07 May 2019 01:02 |
| URI: | https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/8642 |
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