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A case of post-leptospirosis autoimmune epilepsy presenting with sleep-related hypermotor seizures.

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This video-illustrated case report concerns a 49-year-old woman who presented with sleep-related hypermotor seizures. The antecedent history of leptospirosis, high frequency of new-onset seizures, presence of an unclassified anti-neuronal antibody, and dramatic response to steroids strongly

Combined involvement of muscle, nerve, and myoneural junction following leptospira infection.

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Leptospirosis is a zoonosis prevalent worldwide and is endemic in many parts of India. In early leptospiremic as well as late immune phase of the disease kidney, liver, heart, and lungs are commonly involved. Neurological manifestations are rare but may occur during immune phase in the form of

Triple trouble--macrophage activation syndrome in a case of severe leptospirosis and scrub typhus co-infection.

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Macrophage activation syndrome is a potentially life threatening phenomenon characterised by aggressive proliferation of macrophages and T lymphocytes leading to haemophagocytosis of other blood cells and multi organ failure. Here we present a very unusual combination of leptospirosis and scrub

Pediatric presentations of leptospirosis.

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OBJECTIVE Leptospirosis in children is an often under diagnosed condition due to the non specificity of the presentations except for the classical Weil's disease. METHODS Children presenting with symptoms and signs suggestive of Leptospirosis were included in the study. Diagnostic criteria were

Early Indicators of Fatal Leptospirosis during the 2010 Epidemic in Puerto Rico.

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BACKGROUND Leptospirosis is a potentially fatal bacterial zoonosis that is endemic throughout the tropics and may be misdiagnosed as dengue. Delayed hospital admission of leptospirosis patients is associated with increased mortality. RESULTS During a concurrent dengue/leptospirosis epidemic in

First Reported Case of Neuroleptospirosis Complicated With Anton's Syndrome.

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Leptospirosis is a spirochetal zoonotic disease with a wide clinical spectrum, often underdiagnosed especially when presented as an acute neurological manifestation. We report a case of a 24-year-old man with serologically positive leptospirosis, who presented with altered sensorium, seizures and

Primary neuroleptospirosis.

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Leptospirosis is an important zoonosis of worldwide distribution. It is uncommon for leptospirosis to present as a primary neurological disease. In this study of patients who presented with an acute neurological disease, and who were subsequently found to have leptospirosis, aseptic meningitis was

Evaluating the Surveillance System for Spotted Fever in Brazil Using Machine-Learning Techniques.

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This work analyses the performance of the Brazilian spotted fever (SF) surveillance system in diagnosing and confirming suspected cases in the state of Rio de Janeiro (RJ), from 2007 to 2016 (July) using machine-learning techniques. Of the 890 cases reported to the Disease Notification Information

Neuroleptospirosis - revisited: experience from a tertiary care neurological centre from south India.

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OBJECTIVE Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease commonly reported from south India. Neurological manifestations seen in about 10-15 per cent of cases, are protean and remain unrecognized and diverse. We evaluated the pattern of nervous system involvement in leptospirosis, among patients presenting to

Tropical diseases in the ICU: A syndromic approach to diagnosis and treatment.

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Tropical infections form 20-30% of ICU admissions in tropical countries. Diarrheal diseases, malaria, dengue, typhoid, rickettsial diseases and leptospirosis are common causes of critical illness. Overlapping clinical features makes initial diagnosis challenging. A systematic approach involving (1)

The Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction After Antibiotic Treatment of Spirochetal Infections: A Review of Recent Cases and Our Understanding of Pathogenesis.

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Within 24 hours after antibiotic treatment of the spirochetal infections syphilis, Lyme disease, leptospirosis, and relapsing fever (RF), patients experience shaking chills, a rise in temperature, and intensification of skin rashes known as the Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (JHR) with symptoms

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