Turhan Vedat, Senol Mehmet Guney, Sonmez Guner, Oncul Oral, Cavuslu Saban, Tanridag Oguz
Gulhane Military Medical Academy Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, 34668 Istanbul, Uskudar, Turkey.
J Infect. 2006 Dec;53(6):e247-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2006.02.013. Epub 2006 Apr 5.
Leptospirosis is an acute infectious disease caused by a spirochete of the leptospira gender and it is characterized by severe vasculitis. It is not common for leptospirosis to present as a primary neurological disease. On the other hand, no study has been reported on the progression of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) in patients with leptospirosis so far. This is the first case reported which shows CVT as a complication after the leptospirosis infection. An acutely developed leptospirosis and post-infectious CVT in a 21-year-old soldier is described here.
钩端螺旋体病是一种由钩端螺旋体属螺旋体引起的急性传染病,其特征为严重的血管炎。钩端螺旋体病表现为原发性神经疾病并不常见。另一方面,迄今为止尚无关于钩端螺旋体病患者脑静脉血栓形成(CVT)进展的研究报告。这是首例报告显示CVT为钩端螺旋体病感染后并发症的病例。本文描述了一名21岁士兵急性发生的钩端螺旋体病及感染后CVT。