Leptospirosis presenting as a haemorrhagic fever in a traveller from Africa

被引：13

作者：

Heron, LG

ReissLevy, EA

Jacques, TC

Dickeson, DJ

Smythe, LD

Sorrell, TC

机构：

[1] ST GEORGE HOSP,DIV MICROBIOL,SYDNEY,NSW,AUSTRALIA

[2] ST GEORGE HOSP,INTENS CARE UNIT,SYDNEY,NSW,AUSTRALIA

[3] WESTMEAD HOSP,DEPT CLIN MICROBIOL,SYDNEY,NSW,AUSTRALIA

[4] WHO,FAO,COLLABORATING CTR REFERENCE & RES LEPTOSPIROSIS,BRISBANE,QLD,AUSTRALIA

来源：

MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA | 1997年 / 167卷 / 09期

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D O I：

10.5694/j.1326-5377.1997.tb126675.x

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

Leptospirosis is usually a mild illness, although the severity of clinical manifestations may vary between the serovars of leptospires. In May 1993, a 48-year-old man from Ghana presented with severe icteric leptospirosis, initially managed as viral haemorrhagic fever The causative serovar, bataviae, had not been previously diagnosed in human infection in Australia.

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页码：477 / 479

页数：3