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Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
;
(12): 500-502, 2012.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-819644
ABSTRACT
Leptospirosis, long thought to be a disease of sewage workers and found post-flooding is re-emerging as a potentially life threatening infectious disease in urban India during monsoon and immediately after due to poor sanitation and drainage. However, it is often ignored and under diagnosed due to a low index of suspicion. We present a fatal case of leptospirosis with acute liver failure, respiratory failure and jaundice and encephalopathy.