Clinical Features and Severity of Leptospirosis Cases Reported in the Hawke’s Bay Region of New Zealand

Table 2

Symptoms and signs reported by patients in comparison with studies in other countries.

Symptom	New Zealand 2012	China 1995 [15] (%)	Hawaii 1998 [16] (%)	Barbados 1990 [17] (%)
	N = 43 (%)	N = 75	N = 353	N = 88
Fever	93	—	99	85
Myalgia	86	100	91	49
Headache	86	89	89	76
Nausea	77	56	77	37
Vomiting	60	51	73	50
Anorexia	60	92	82	85
Rigors	53	—	—	—
Arthralgia	40	51	59	21
Conjunctival suffusion	40	97	28	54
Photophobia	30	—	—	5
Diarrhoea	30	30	53	14
Cough	30	55	—	32
Abdominal pain	26	31	51	43
Sore throat	16	—	—	7
Neck stiffness	14	—	27	2
Dyspnoea	12	—	—	—
Rash	12	0	8	2
Jaundice	9	72	—	95
Sign
Abdominal tenderness	42	—	—	25
Oliguria	30	—	—	13
Pulmonary crepitations	21	—	17	—
Hepatomegaly	12	—	16	27
Meningism	7	—	27	—
Lymphadenopathy	2	—	—	25
Splenomegaly	2	—	4	—