[Leptospirosis: an unusual etiology of anterior uveitis].
BACKGROUND
Leptospirosis is an anthropozoonosis, which affect 100000 people by year worldwide.


METHODS
Leptospirosis and IgA deficiency were revealed in a young man by acute anterior uveitis, after canyoning practice in the French West Indies.


CONCLUSIONS
Uveitis should be added to the ocular phenotype of leptospirosis.
Michot
J-M
JM
Service de médecine interne, hôpital Bichat, 46, rue Henri-Huchard, 75722 Paris cedex 18, France.
Lidove
O
O
Boutboul
D
D
Aguilar
C
C
Merle
H
H
Olindo
S
S
Cabre
P
P
Papo
T
T
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D014606:Uveitis, Anterior / Q000382:microbiology*