Leptospirosis Followed by Kawasaki-Like Disease: Case Report From an Adult Swiss Patient and Review of the Literature
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Abstract Kawasaki disease (KD) is a vasculitis that mostly occurs in children, but rare cases adults have been reported. We describe the case of 43-year-old Swiss male who developed symptoms compatible with KD 7 weeks after leptospirosis, which was presumably acquired swimming creek Alps. performed literature review and identified 10 other (all children), Kawasaki-like diagnosed context leptospirosis. Outcome favourable most cases, including our patient. This exceptional demonstrates both possibility autochthonous leptospirosis Switzerland as well possible association disease.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Open Forum Infectious Diseases
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2328-8957']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab088