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ArticleEuropean journal of case reports in internal medicine2016

A Rare Presentation of Leptospirosis.

Filipa Silva, Mariana Brandão, Afonso Esteves

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Article in European journal of case reports in internal medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Leptospirosis: a neglected tropical zoonotic infection of public health importance-an updated review.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2020
    Review
  2. Atypical Renal Presentation in Severe Leptospirosis.Kidney international reports · 2019
    Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Filipa SilvaInternal Medicine Department, Centro Hospitala de São João, Porto, Portugal.
Mariana BrandãoMedical Oncology Department, Instituto Português de Oncologia, Porto, Portugal.
Afonso EstevesInternal Medicine Department, Centro Hospitala de São João, Porto, Portugal.
Hospital de São João · PTIPO Porto · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Leptospirosis has a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations. Acute renal failure, an important complication, generally involves interstitial and tubular damage. We describe the case of a 42-year-old man who was admitted with fever, back pain and periorbital oedema. He had hypertension, thrombocytopenia, acute renal failure, hypoalbuminaemia, hypertriglyceridaemia and proteinuria >4.00 g/l. The renal biopsy showed mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis. Due to the epidemiological context and clinical picture, ceftriaxone was started with rapid clinical improvement. Blood PCR for leptospira came back positive. The presentation of leptospirosis as nephrotic syndrome is rare and this diagnosis should be considered before performing a renal biopsy. LEARNING POINTS: Leptospirosis is a zoonosis with a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations including acute renal failure, which is an important complication.Leptospirosis should be considered in a patient with nephrotic syndrome and acute renal failure if the epidemiological context is favourable.Leptospirosis is one of the causes of nephrotic syndrome where a renal biopsy is not indicated.

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acute renal failureLeptospirosisnephrotic syndromerenal biopsy

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PMID30755889
PMCPMC6346843
OpenAlexW2513177114

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