TY - JOUR
T1 - Severe Leptospirosis in a Mexican Woman
AU - Balderrama-Carmona, Ana Paola
AU - Cadena-Orea, Daniel
AU - Sánchez-Arteaga, Santiago
AU - Aguilera-Ávila, María Luisa
AU - Soñanez-Organis, José Guadalupe
AU - López-López, Alan Andreí
AU - Zamora-Alvarez, Luis Alberto
AU - de Los Ángeles Díaz-Reyes, Gabriela
AU - Adan-Bante, Norma Patricia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2020 by Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
PY - 2020/4/1
Y1 - 2020/4/1
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To describe a severe case of infection by Leptospira in a woman in the northwest of Mexico. CASE REPORT: A 55-yearold woman from Sonora, México arrived at the Intensive Care Unit due to severe multiple organ failure primarily affecting the respiratory, renal and hepatic systems. Diagnostic tests were performed, and they were positive for anti-Leptospira antibodies, IgM and IgG; and spirochetes were observed on dark field microscopy and confirmed by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). Doxycycline and platelet apheresis transfusion were used as treatment, which led to a very slow recovery. CONCLUSION: The information presented in this study may help in the identification of pathology caused by spirochetes. This case report is the first to present a case of severe leptospirosis in Sonora, México.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To describe a severe case of infection by Leptospira in a woman in the northwest of Mexico. CASE REPORT: A 55-yearold woman from Sonora, México arrived at the Intensive Care Unit due to severe multiple organ failure primarily affecting the respiratory, renal and hepatic systems. Diagnostic tests were performed, and they were positive for anti-Leptospira antibodies, IgM and IgG; and spirochetes were observed on dark field microscopy and confirmed by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). Doxycycline and platelet apheresis transfusion were used as treatment, which led to a very slow recovery. CONCLUSION: The information presented in this study may help in the identification of pathology caused by spirochetes. This case report is the first to present a case of severe leptospirosis in Sonora, México.
KW - Acute Febrile Illness
KW - Borrelia
KW - Leptospirosis
KW - Renal Failure
KW - Vector-Borne Disease
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U2 - 10.5644/ama2006-124.285
DO - 10.5644/ama2006-124.285
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 32738119
AN - SCOPUS:85088908628
SN - 1840-2879
VL - 49
SP - 67
EP - 70
JO - Acta Medica Academica
JF - Acta Medica Academica
IS - 1
ER -