Acute encephalitis as initial presentation of leptospirosis
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https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.8613Keywords:
leptospirosis, encephalitis, CSFAbstract
Encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain matter, very often associated with viral infections, but it can also be caused by non-viral pathogens such as leptospirosis. Leptospirosis is a systemic disease caused by bacteria of the Leptospira genus. Leptospiral infection has a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations ranging from subclinical or mild illness to a fulminant life-threatening illness. In this case report we describe a young patient from Southern Albania with isolated encephalitis caused by Leptospira, where acute encephalitis was the initial presentation of the disease.
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2017-04-30
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Puca E, Majko J, Puca E, Qyra E, Gega A, Pipero P (2017) Acute encephalitis as initial presentation of leptospirosis. J Infect Dev Ctries 11:361–363. doi: 10.3855/jidc.8613
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