Leptospirosis presenting as a flaccid paraplegia
| Autor: | N. Dudley, C. J. Mumford, H. Terry |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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Paraplegia medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics business.industry Liver Diseases Flaccid paraplegia Diagnostico diferencial General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Leptospirosis nervous system diseases Surgery Infectious disease (medical specialty) Humans Medicine Farm workers Kidney Diseases Serologic Tests business Hepatic dysfunction Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Postgraduate Medical Journal. 66:218-220 |
| ISSN: | 1469-0756 0032-5473 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/pgmj.66.773.218 |
| Popis: | Summary A fatal case of leptospirosis in a 64 year old farm worker is described. The dramatic neurological presentation with a rapidly evolving flaccid paraplegia associated with biochemical evidence of renal and hepatic dysfunction is discussed. Attention is drawn to the wide range of neurological symptoms reported in leptospirosis, and to the possibility that this infectious disease may present neurologically. |
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