Leptospirosis: complications, causes of death and pathomorphogenesis

Manifestations and complications of leptospirosis

Pulmonary complications of leptospirosis.

Leptospirosis is a worldwide disease. In this time of globalization knowledge about leptospirosis is important. Although pulmonary involvement has an incidence varying from 20% to 70% and its exteriorization may vary from mild to severe, The severe form appears to be becoming more prevalent (at least in Brazil) and may be associated with higher mortality.

Manifestations and complications of leptospirosis

To the Editor Leptospirosis has been considered a major emerging or re-emerging cosmopolitan health burden, which may constitute challenging diagnostic pitfalls on the primary care settings due to nonspecific and variable manifestations, and lack of laboratory resources availability (1-3). In rural environments, even in absence of liver or renal disorder, occurrence of fever, headache, hemorrha...

manifestations and complications of leptospirosis

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Sickness Assessment of Abbasid Caliphs and Their Causes of Death

Despite the peak of medical knowledge in the Abbasid period, the presence of famous medical families in the Abbasid court, translation and writing of medical works, attention to nutrition and health in the court of the Abbasid caliphs, the expectation of long life and quality was created for the Abbasid caliphs. However, all these possibilities were not used much by the caliphs, and if they had...