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Leptospirosis Cases Infected with Uncommon Serogroups, Puerto Rico, 2013-2015.

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Leptospirosis is an emerging bacterial zoonosis that is endemic but underrecognized throughout the tropics. Through prospective surveillance for acute febrile illness (AFI) among patients who presented to the emergency department of a hospital located in an urban region of Puerto Rico, four patients

Mild, self-resolving acute leptospirosis in an HIV-infected patient in the Peruvian Amazon.

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We report a case of acute, self-resolving leptospirosis presenting in a HIV-positive patient from the Peruvian Amazon. The patient presented with an undifferentiated acute febrile illness that resolved without treatment, diagnosed retrospectively as leptospirosis by serology and real-time polymerase

Human hemorrhagic pulmonary leptospirosis: pathological findings and pathophysiological correlations.

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BACKGROUND Leptospirosis is a re-emerging zoonosis with protean clinical manifestations. Recently, the importance of pulmonary hemorrhage as a lethal complication of this disease has been recognized. In the present study, five human necropsies of leptospirosis (Weil's syndrome) with extensive

[Clinico-radiological observations on pulmonary manifestations of leptospirosis during the Montefeltro epidemic].

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During the summer of 1984, in the Montefeltro area an epidemic of leptospirosis took place from a common source. In 15% of the people affected, the disease involved the lungs. In 3 patients the disease had a deadly course; one decrease was due to ARDS. The clinical, anatomopathological, and

[The pathomorphology and pathogenetic problems of liver involvement in icterohemorrhagic leptospirosis].

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Morphologic findings on the liver during different time periods of Leptospira infection suggest the leading role in the pathogenesis of the damaged organ early in the course of the disease of a toxic vascular affection of the microcirculatory bed presenting with hyperpermeability of the vascular

Leptospirosis in northeastern Thailand: hypotension and complications.

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During an outbreak of leptospirosis in northeastern Thailand, 148 patients with serologically diagnosed leptospirosis were seen in Loei Hospital. The clinical features were consistent with those described for the classic manifestation of the disease. However, hypotension was a common finding: noted

Pulmonary involvement predicts mortality in severe leptospirosis patients.

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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the influence of pulmonary involvement at admission in predicting mortality among patients with severe leptospirosis. METHODS Reprospective cohort study from medical record registry in Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Yogyakarta from 2003 to 2007. Pulmonary involvement was defined by the

Ocular manifestations in the acute phase of leptospirosis.

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OBJECTIVE To study the ocular manifestations during the acute phase of leptospirosis and their incidence in hospitalized patients due to systemic complications, and to verify the importance of routine ophthalmologic care in these cases. METHODS Twenty-one patients, 20 males and 1 female, with

Pancreatic involvement in fatal human leptospirosis: clinical and histopathological features.

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Hyperamylasemia has been reported in more than 65% of patients with severe leptospirosis, and the true diagnosis of acute pancreatitis is complicated by the fact that renal failure can increase serum amylase levels. Based on these data we retrospectively analyzed the clinical and histopathological

Leptospirosis in children in Mumbai slums.

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OBJECTIVE There is limited data available on symptomatic leptospirosis in Indian children. We report an outbreak of leptospirosis that occurred in children living in slums following heavy rainfall and flooding. This hospital-based prospective study was conducted from July to August

[Leptospirosis].

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Leptospirosis. Leptospirosis is the first worldwide anthropozoonosis with an incidence of 1 000 000 cases per year. It is more frequently encountered in tropical areas but also can be diagnosed in tempered places. In France, the most exposed people are athletes in fresh water (canoeing, rafting,

Henoch-Schönlein syndrome. Unusual manifestations with hydrops of the gallbladder.

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Henoch-Schönlein Syndrome (HSS) is characterized by the presence of purpuric skin lesions, colicky abdominal pain, renal manifestations, and arthritis. We report a case complicated by several unusual manifestations, including hydrops of the gallbladder and extreme thrombocytosis. Gallbladder hydrops

Morpho-functional patterns of kidney injury in the experimental leptospirosis of the guinea-pig (L. icterohaemorrhagiae).

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Thirty-seven guinea-pigs experimentally infected with a virulent strain of L. icterohaemorrhagiae, were submitted to a renal function study as evaluated through the maximal urinary concentration (MUC) test, blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and afterwards had their kidneys examined by light and electron

Leptospirosis in equine fetuses, stillborn foals, and placentas.

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Leptospirosis was diagnosed in 51 equine fetuses and 16 stillborn foals with gestational ages from 3 1/2 to 11 months. Diagnosis was based on one or more of the following: positive fetal antibody titer, positive fluorescent antibody test, demonstration of spirochetes in kidney and/or placental

[Cardiogenic and non cardiogenic pulmonary edema: pathomechanisms and causes].

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The development of pulmonary edema is divided in cardiogenic and non-cardiogenic. Cardiogenic edema pathogenically is caused by elevated hydrostatic pressure in the pulmonary capillaries due to left sided congestive heart failure. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema is categorized depending on the

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