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A young adult with leptospirosis associated acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.
Bagula, Herman; Banderker, Ismail; Moosa, Muhammed S.
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  • Bagula H; Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Banderker I; Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Moosa MS; Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
S Afr J Infect Dis ; 38(1): 569, 2023.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38223434
ABSTRACT
Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease that commonly affects the liver and kidney. It can rarely affect the neurological system with aseptic meningitis being the commonest neurological presentation. We present the case of a patient with leptospirosis complicated by acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. Contribution To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy as a complication of leptospirosis in South Africa.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Risk_factors_studies Language: En Journal: S Afr J Infect Dis Year: 2023 Document type: Article Affiliation country: South Africa Country of publication: South Africa
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Risk_factors_studies Language: En Journal: S Afr J Infect Dis Year: 2023 Document type: Article Affiliation country: South Africa Country of publication: South Africa