A case of Weil's syndrome developing steroid resistant immune haemolytic anaemia

Weil's syndrome is known in a serious clinical form, but the development of immune haemolytic anaemia related to Leptospira in human beings is a very rare clinical presentation, and we encountered only 1 case report in a literature scan. In this paper we present a case of Weil's syndrome i...

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Published in:Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases 2005, Vol.37 (9), p.700-702
Main Authors: Solmazgul, Emrullah, Turhan, Vedat, Unver, Suat, Demirci, Mahmut, Nalbant, Selim, Danaci, Mehmet
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune - etiology
Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune - therapy
Anemias. Hemoglobinopathies
Biological and medical sciences
Diseases of red blood cells
Drug Resistance
Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases
Humans
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous - therapeutic use
Leptospira
Male
Medical sciences
Methylprednisolone - therapeutic use
Steroids - therapeutic use
Weil Disease - complications
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Summary:Weil's syndrome is known in a serious clinical form, but the development of immune haemolytic anaemia related to Leptospira in human beings is a very rare clinical presentation, and we encountered only 1 case report in a literature scan. In this paper we present a case of Weil's syndrome in which immune haemolytic anaemia findings, and haemolysis could only be controlled by intravenous immunoglobulin (IvIg) treatment.
ISSN:0036-5548
1651-1980
DOI:10.1080/00365540510040214