Naslov
The first case of leptospirosis in the Zadar area

Autori
Dželalija, Boris ; Ružič, Eva ; Kasun, Domagoj

Izvornik
Acta medica Croatica (1330-0164) 53 (2000); 193-194

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, stručni

Ključne riječi
leptospirosis; case report

Sažetak
In September 1999, a 56-year-old butcher was admitted to the General Hospital in Zadar because of fever, headache, severe pain in the calf muscless and thighs, conjunctivitis, rush, hepatomegaly and jaundice. The initial diagnosis was septic shock, and the patient was admitted to the internal medicine ward. Microscopic agglutination test showed a fourfold rise of antibodies to Leptospira sejroe in the three serum samples. These serologic findings and laboratory findings of leukocytosis, thrombocytopenia, increased serum aminotransferases, blood urea nitrogen and creatinine, proteinuria and leukocyturia indicated that Leptospira sejroe was the etiologic agent of the disease in the patient presented.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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