Leptospirosis can present with severe cases such as polymyositis, peripheral neuropathy, and rarely, Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS). This paper reports a case who presented dysarthria GBS. A female patient complaints of weakness, dizziness, diarrhea, dysarthric. Her assessments included muscle strength globally 4/5 deep tendon reflexes hypoactive. An electromyographic examination was performed t...

background: leptospirosis, a spirochetal zoonosis, is considered an occupational disease of persons engaged in agriculture, sewage works, forestry, and butchery. objective: to determine the environmental sources and the knowledge, attitude and practices for leptospirosis among butchers and slaughterhouse workers, as well as the seroprevalence of leptospirosis among cattle and pigs presented for...

S ir, I read the article “Mildly Elevated Transaminases: Excellent diagnostic c l u e f o r A n i c t e r i c L e p t o s p i r o s i s ” with interest.1 Leptospirosis can be diagnosed only by laboratory tests as clinical features are non specific. But the laboratory tests are complex and hence definite guidelines for diagnosis of human leptospirosis is necessary. I fully agree that microscopic...

Leptospirosis is a zoonosis, which has become serious problem, especially in areas with high rainfall. Massive leptospirosis occurs after heavy rains or floods. This study aims to analyze the types and distribution of leptospira bacteria serovars risk factors for post-flood dogs. The research was conducted from January March 2020 at Ragunan Animal Hospital independent clinics Jakarta, Bekasi, D...

In the last few decades, leptospirosis has emerged globally as a fatal infectious disease. Yet, an understanding of pathogenesis continues to remain within grey areas scientific evidence. majority cases, infections are asymptomatic. The benchmark test for is microscopic agglutination test, commonly known MAT test. standard treatment oral doxycycline, although penicillin and azithromycin can als...

Leptospirosis is considered an important reemerging infectious disease worldwide. The standard and most widespread method for the diagnosis of leptospirosis is the microscopic agglutination test (MAT). This test is laborious and time-consuming, and the interpretation of the results is subjective. In the present work we describe an application of flow cytometry (FCM) as a tool for the serologica...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Leptospirosis, a spirochetal zoonosis, is underreported from the northern States of India. This study reports results of a 10-year retrospective sero-epidemiological survey of leptospirosis conducted in a tertiary care hospital in New Delhi, India. METHOD A total of 1453 patients clinically suspected for leptospirosis were included and investigated initially by IgM ELI...

BACKGROUND Leptospirosis is a neglected zoonosis affecting mainly tropical and subtropical regions worldwide, particularly South America and the Caribbean. As in many other countries, under-reporting of cases was suspected in the French West Indies because of inadequate access to diagnostic tests for the general population. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS In order to estimate the real incidenc...