title: Anterior uveitis and leptospirosis.
abstract: Seven patients with anterior uveitis due to leptospirosis are presented. The diagnosis was based upon serologic tests and exclusion of other etiologic possibilities. Six patients came from a well-known endemic area of leptospirosis during the time of epidemics and one case came from an area which was not known to be endemic at the time. In 5 patients the uveitis was bilateral. The disease was mild in all but 2 patents who needed systemic administration of steroids. The posterior part of the eye was not involved in any of the cases.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007919:Leptospira / Q000276:immunology; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D012703:Serotyping; D014605:Uveitis / Q000209:etiology*