Döneray Hakan, Keskin Halil, Akat Hülya, Başaslan İbrahim Halil, Bağatır Perihan Şerifoğlu
Department of Paediatrics, Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey.
Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine, Erzurum, Türkiye.
Eurasian J Med. 2023 Dec;55(1):150-156. doi: 10.5152/eurasianjmed.2023.23380.
Leptospirosis, a zoonosis, is characterized by a wide range of clinical and laboratory findings, varying from self-limiting infection to potentially fatal disease. Leptospirosis-related clinical manifestations, except for Weil's disease, may often be overlooked due to their nonspecificity in children. Additionally, many health-care professionals lack awareness of leptospirosis. This paper presents a case of leptospirosis that was initially misdiagnosed as staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome. The literature on this topic is also reviewed.
钩端螺旋体病是一种人畜共患病,其特点是有广泛的临床和实验室检查结果,从自限性感染到潜在的致命疾病不等。除了韦尔病外,与钩端螺旋体病相关的临床表现由于在儿童中缺乏特异性,可能常常被忽视。此外,许多医护人员对钩端螺旋体病缺乏认识。本文介绍了一例最初被误诊为葡萄球菌中毒性休克综合征的钩端螺旋体病病例。同时也对该主题的文献进行了综述。