ArticleCase reports in infectious diseases2019
An Atypical Case of Rickettsial Spotted Fever Myocarditis Mimicking Weil's Disease.
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Abstract
A 65-year-old previously healthy male presented to us on the fourth day of a febrile illness with headache, arthralgia, myalgia, nausea, cough, chest pain, sore throat, and passing of watery stools and dark urine with a history of exposure to leptospirosis during a dengue outbreak. On examination, there was dehydration and hypovolemia, and an ultrasound scan revealed capillary leakage. His liver transaminases, serum creatine, blood urea, C-reactive protein, and neutrophil percentage were high, and thrombocytopenia was present. Moreover, myocarditis has been detected too. Supportive therapy with intravenous ceftriaxone was administered, considering possible Weil's disease or dengue hemorrhagic fever with secondary bacterial infection. Serological tests, performed later, diagnosed him with a
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