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Volume: 4 Issue: 2 December 2006 - Supplement - 1

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ACUTE RENAL FAILURE DUE TO LEPTOSPIROSIS IN A RENAL RECIPIENT

We present the case of a 43-year-old renal transplant patient who presented with fever, malaise, pruritus and severe jaundice of three weeks duration following work in a rice field. He was found to have acute renal failure (ARF) and severe hyperbilirubinemia with a positive serum leptospira antibody titer making the diagnosis of Weil’s disease. The patient responded to a reduction of immunosuppressive medications and intravenous penicillin therapy with no need for dialysis. This is the second case of leptospirosis in a kidney transplant reported in the English literature. physicians must be aware of local endemic diseases that could threaten their immunocompromised patients.



Volume : 4
Issue : 2
Pages : 137


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