WEIL'S DISEASE(fulminant leptospirosis)- an important cause of multiorgan dysfunction-A CASE REPORT
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Abstract : Leptospirosis is a globally important zoonotic disease caused by spirochetes of the genus Leptospira. Although leptospirosis presents with a mild icteric form in nearly 90 percent of cases, Weil's disease-fulminant leptospirosis with multiorgan failure is a relatively rare and potentially fatal form of leptospirosis. In this case report, we present a patient with Weil's disease, complicated with multiorgan failure and with multi-serovar infection.
Keyword :weil's disease, fulminant leptospirosis, multiorgan failure
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