title: [Leptospirosis: report of a fulminant fatal case and review].
abstract: In relation to the explosive increase of new and reemerging infectious diseases that threaten the humanity, and as a result of this clinical case, a literature review is done on Leptospirosis stressing out the necessity of having in mind the leptospirosis in the differential diagnostic for fever and jaundice syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Gastroenterología, Hospital Barros Luco Trudeau, Santiago, Chile. jorilola@msn.com
authors.forename: M Cecilia
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Abuauad
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Osorio
authors.forename: Juan L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Rojas
authors.forename: Lorena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pino
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007919:Leptospira / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male; D014895:Weil Disease / Q000473:pathology*