title: Intensive care of a weils disease with multiorgan failure.
abstract: Leptospirosis is a commonly encountered type of zoonosis, especially in tropical regions. There is insufficient data regarding its frequency in non-tropical regions such as Turkey. Although leptospirosis presents with a mild icteric form in nearly 90% of cases, it can lead to Weils disease characterized by fever as well as fulminant hepatorenal and respiratory failure, in approximately 5 - 10% of cases. In this case report, we present a patient with Weil's disease, complicated with multiorgan failure.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Weils disease; Leptospirosis; Multiorgan failure.
authors.affiliation: Inonu University, School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Turkan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Togal
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sener
authors.forename: Neslihan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yucel
authors.forename: Semra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Demirbilek
authors.forename: Feride Sinem
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Akgun
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aydogan
authors.forename: Muharrem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ucar
authors.forename: M Ozcan
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Ersoy