Literature DB >> 11211549

Leptospirosis occurring in two children after fresh water immersion.

M A St John1, S King, S E Bullen, J Cherian, P N Levett.   

Abstract

Leptospirosis is relatively uncommon in children. Two cases of severe leptospirosis occurred in teenaged boys who shared a common exposure via immersion in fresh water. While both patients had laboratory-confirmed leptospirosis, their symptoms differed in many respects.

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Year:  2000        PMID: 11211549

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  West Indian Med J        ISSN: 0043-3144            Impact factor:   0.171


  2 in total

Review 1.  Leptospirosis.

Authors:  P N Levett
Journal:  Clin Microbiol Rev       Date:  2001-04       Impact factor: 26.132

2.  Severe acute renal failure in a child: a rare complication of anicteric leptospirosis.

Authors:  Paulo Sérgio Lucas da Silva; Rubens Wolfe Lipinski; Roberta Penha Paiva Magalhães; Eliete Calo Romero
Journal:  Pediatr Nephrol       Date:  2007-07-19       Impact factor: 3.714

  2 in total

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