Severe Leptospirosis with Unusual Manifestation

We report a case of an 8-year-old aborigine boy referred to our hospital for respiratory insufficiency with skin eruptions over the trunk and limbs. The skin condition was diagnosed as acquired ichthyosis. He also had a non-bleeding form of disseminated intravascular coagulopathy. Radiograph of the...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of tropical pediatrics (1980) 2007-02, Vol.53 (1), p.55-58
Main Authors: Othman, Norlijah, Intan, H. I., Yip, C. W., Alias, M., Amran, F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agglutination Tests
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Diagnosis, Differential
General aspects
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Leptospirosis - diagnosis
Leptospirosis - drug therapy
Male
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Penicillins - therapeutic use
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:We report a case of an 8-year-old aborigine boy referred to our hospital for respiratory insufficiency with skin eruptions over the trunk and limbs. The skin condition was diagnosed as acquired ichthyosis. He also had a non-bleeding form of disseminated intravascular coagulopathy. Radiograph of the lungs showed bilateral perihilar opacities with bilateral pleural effusion. The diagnosis of leptospirosis was confirmed by a 4-fold rise in microagglutinating titre and polymerase chain reaction assay.
ISSN:0142-6338
1465-3664
DOI:10.1093/tropej/fml085