Neuroleptospirosis with hydrocephalus and very elevated cerebrospinal fluid protein.
To our knowledge, this is the first known case of a patient with leptospirosis and very elevated CSF, which caused hydrocephalus.
Department of Neurosurgery, KAT National Hospital, Karaiskaki 23, Neo Psychiko, Attica, Greece. nicksac2@hotmail.com
Nikolaos
N
Sakellaridis
Demetrius
D
Panagopoulos
Antonios
A
Androulis
D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012698:Serologic Tests; D014696:Ventriculostomy
D007075:Immunoglobulin M