title: A case of Weil's syndrome developing steroid resistant immune haemolytic anaemia.
abstract: Weil's syndrome is known in a serious clinical form, but the development of immune haemolytic anaemia related to Leptospira in human beings is a very rare clinical presentation, and we encountered only 1 case report in a literature scan. In this paper we present a case of Weil's syndrome in which immune haemolytic anaemia findings, and haemolysis could only be controlled by intravenous immunoglobulin (IvIg) treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. emsolmaz@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Emrullah
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Solmazgul
authors.forename: Vedat
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Turhan
authors.forename: Suat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Unver
authors.forename: Mahmut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demirci
authors.forename: Selim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nalbant
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Danaci
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000744:Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D004351:Drug Resistance; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014895:Weil Disease / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous; D013256:Steroids; D008775:Methylprednisolone