[Mimic diseases accompanying leptospirosis].
400 patients were studied by microscopic videorecording in dark field and MAT. The videorecording in blood was positive in 93 % and, in urine, in 95 %. Of the total of cases, 96 % presented antibody titers. The wide symptomatic range gave origin to more than 50 different diagnoses in the studied patients, who were confirmed that they suffered from chronic leptospirosis by the diverse tests made.
Velasco-Castrejón
Oscar
O
Clinica de Medicina Tropical, Unidad de Medicina Experimental, Facultad de Medicina, UNAM- Hospital General de México.
Rivas-Sánchez
Beatriz
B
Espinoza
Jacqueline
J
Jiménez
Jesús
J
Ruiz
Edgar
E
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007919:Leptospira / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D014741:Video Recording
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial