Benito Calavia J R, Montejo Baranda M, Pumarola T, Pérez Irezábal J, Aguirrebengoa Ibarguren K, González Ortiz de Zárate P, Barreiro García G, Aguirre Errasti C
Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas-Medicina Interna, Hospital Clínic i Provincial, Barcelona.
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 1997 Jun-Jul;15(6):306-9.
Eleven cases of leptospirosis diagnosed from 1988 to 1994 were retrospectively reviewed. The mean age of the patients was 52 years. Epidemiologic factors were found in 10 patients. Hepatorenal involvement was observed in 7 cases (64%), cardiac involvement in 3 (27%), bleeding episodes in 5 (45%) and central nervous system involvement in one case (9%). The Leptospira serogroups identified were: Icterohaemorrhage in 6 cases, Pomona in 1, Sejroe in and could not be determined in 3. One patient died because of multiorgan failure. The epidemiologic, clinical, analytical and therapeutic aspects are discussed.
