Leptospirosis patient with AIDS: the first case reported.

نویسندگان

  • E de S Neves
  • M M Pereira
  • M C Galhardo
  • A Caroli
  • J Andrade
  • M G Morgado
  • R P Mendes
چکیده

A case of renal icterohemorrhagic leptospirosis involving a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is reported. Despite the low levels of CD4+ T lymphocytes, the clinical course of leptospirosis was similar to that observed in non-immunodepressed patients, and no worsening of AIDS occurred due to the infection by the spirochete. Serologic conversion was observed in the microscopic agglutination test, with maximum titer of 1:3,200. The patient had positive urine cultures for Leptospira interrogans for two months, whereas blood cultures were negative.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

دوره 27 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1994