Abstract
Leptospirosis is a world-spread zoonosis that is incidentally acquired by humans. It causes a diphasic febrile illness in which the Weil syndrome is its severest form, with renal, hepatic, clotting and central nervous system involvement. We report a 73 years old male, that was admitted to an intensive care unit with multiple organ failure due to leptospirosis. The clinical picture initially resembled a sepsis due to biliary tract obstruction and was operated, not finding a biliary tract obstruction. Considering the history of a fall to sewed waters, leptospirosis was suspected and treatment with penicillin was started, obtaining a full recovery of the patient.
| Original language | American English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 359-362 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Revista Medica de Chile |
| Volume | 124 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - 1 Mar 1996 |
Keywords
- Diagnosis, differential
- Leptospirosis
- Penicillin G
- Prognosis