Severe Leptospirosis in a Mexican Woman
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https://doi.org/10.5644/ama2006-124.285Keywords:
Vector-Borne Disease, Acute Febrile Illness, Leptospirosis, Renal Failure, BorreliaAbstract
Objective. To describe a severe case of infection by Leptospira in a woman in the northwest of Mexico.
Case report. A 55-yearold woman from Sonora, Mexico arrived at the Intensive Care Unit due to severe multiple organ failure primarily affecting the respiratory, renal and hepatic systems. Diagnostic tests were performed, and they were positive for anti-Leptospira antibodies, IgM and IgG; and spirochetes were observed on dark field microscopy and confirmed by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). Doxycycline and platelet apheresis transfusion were used as treatment, which led to a very slow recovery.
Conclusion. The information presented in this study may help in the identification of pathology caused by spirochetes. This case report is the first to present a case of severe leptospirosis in Sonora, Mexico.
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Copyright (c) 2020 Ana Paola Balderrama-Carmona, Daniel Cadena-Orea, Santiago Sanchez-Arteaga, Maria Luisa Aguilera-Avila, Jose Guadalupe Sonanez-Organis, Alan Andrei Lopez-Lopez, Luis Alberto Zamora-Alvarez, Gabriela de los Angeles Diaz-Reyes, Norma Patricia Adan-Bante
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