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A Case of Imported Leptospirosis: Rhabdomyolysis and Severe Hyperbilirubinemia in a Traveler Returning From Puerto Rico.
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- A case of severe leptospirosis complicated with massive rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
Leptospirosis is a zoonosis transmitted through human contact with the urine or fecal material of infected animals. Here, we report the case of a young male who presented with hyperbilirubinemia and rhabdomyolysis after returning from Puerto Rico which was confirmed to be severe leptospirosis. An 18-year-old Caucasian male was admitted due to a four-day history of jaundice, fever, headache, abdominal pain, vomiting, dark urine, and pain in his calves. Two weeks before, in Puerto Rico, he swam in caves and at the shoreline in an area recently impacted by a hurricane. Laboratory studies demonstrated leukocytosis, thrombocytopenia, hypokalemia, acute kidney injury with elevated creatine kinase, and hyperbilirubinemia. Due to clinical suspicion of leptospirosis, a serological test was ordered which was positive for
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