A case of Weil's syndrome developing steroid resistant immune haemolytic anaemia.
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.
Solmazgul
Emrullah
E
Department of Internal Medicine, GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. emsolmaz@yahoo.com
Turhan
Vedat
V
Unver
Suat
S
Demirci
Mahmut
M
Nalbant
Selim
S
Danaci
Mehmet
M
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*
D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous; D013256:Steroids; D008775:Methylprednisolone