Leptospirosis in Malaysia: a common cause of short-term fever.
A study of 1,437 unselected febrile patients in rural Malaysia yielded a diagnosis of leptospirosis in 86 (6.0%). The clinical syndrome was mild to moderate in all cases, jaundice was observed in only 2 (2.3%) and no deaths were documented. The diagnosis was not clinically obvious in most cases, and it is apparent that many infections must be going unnoticed at present.
D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology*; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007565:Jaundice / Q000209:etiology; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008296:Malaysia