Leptospirosis experience at Groote Schuur Hospital, 1969-1979.
The diagnosis of leptospirosis requires a high index of suspicion and a knowledge of the wide variety of syndromes with which these patients present. The clinical and laboratory features of 14 patients with leptospirosis seen at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, between 1969 and 1979 are described.
D000328:Adult; D000372:Agglutination Tests; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007921:Leptospira interrogans / Q000145:classification; D041341:Leptospira interrogans serovar canicola / Q000145:classification; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012703:Serotyping; D014895:Weil Disease / Q000175:diagnosis