The relationship of oleic acid/albumin molar ratio and clinical outcomes in leptospirosis

Human leptospirosis is an acute infectious zoonosis presenting specific lipid disorders. Previous in vitro studies showed both leptospira glycolipoprotein endotoxin, and high oleic acid levels were associated with Na/K-ATPase inhibition that is amplified by the reduction of circulating albumin level...

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Main Authors: Caroline Azevedo Martins, Maria Conceição B dos Santos, Cassiano Felippe Gonçalves-de-Albuquerque, Hugo Caire Castro-Faria-Neto, Mauro Velho Castro-Faria, Patricia Burth, Mauricio Younes-Ibrahim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-03-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021005259