title: Leptospirosis in children.
abstract: Leptospirosis has a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations varying, from inapparent influenza like illness to fulminant fatal disease with hepato-renal dysfunction and hemorrhagic phenomena. Our cases had fever, puffiness, respiratory distress and bleeding diathesis as leading manifestations. Leptospirosis was suspected in view of epidemic situation prevailing in the city. We report four cases here, three of which survived and one died.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Cama and Albless Hospital, Mumbai 400 001, India.
authors.forename: Bela
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Daga
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sawant
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002648:Child; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007223:Infant; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents