Systemic Leptospirosis and multiple organ failure. Report of one case

Rudy Garrido L; Luis Castillo F; Glenn Hernández P; Juan Abarca S; José Miguel Montes S; Verónica Monsalve M; Ricardo Espinoza G; Sergio Valenzuela U; Gustavo Pérez B

Systemic Leptospirosis and multiple organ failure. Report of one case

Rudy Garrido L, Luis Castillo F, Glenn Hernández P, Juan Abarca S, José Miguel Montes S, Verónica Monsalve M, Ricardo Espinoza G, Sergio Valenzuela U, Gustavo Pérez B

Clínica Universidad de los Andes

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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.

Idioma original	Inglés estadounidense
Páginas (desde-hasta)	359-362
Número de páginas	4
Publicación	Revista Medica de Chile
Volumen	124
N.º	3
Estado	Publicada - 1 mar. 1996

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Diagnosis, differential
Leptospirosis
Penicillin G
Prognosis

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