[Correspondence] High mortality in non-Ebola virus disease cases: need to provide timely and effective care

In their Article in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Matthew Waxman and colleagues1 report an overall high (8 ·1%) mortality in patients without Ebola virus disease (EVD) admitted to three Ebola treatment units (ETU) in Sierra Leone; we report a similarly high (6·4%) mortality in non-EVD cases from a Guinean ETU.2 We agree with the authors that many non-EVD patients succumb to other severe illnesses, prob ably infectious diseases within a broad differential diagnosis given the high frequency of fever in the context of a negative malaria test.

Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - September 21, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Robert Colebunders, Shevin T Jacob, Kevin K Ari ën, Anja De Weggheleire, Tom Decroo Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research