Hypokalemic paralysis in leptospirosis.
We report a case of flaccid weakness in a 40 year old male farmer who presented to us with fever and bodyache. The patient had leptospirosis with a non- oliguric renal failure and flaccid weakness secondary to hypokalemia which improved following potassium correction and conservative measures.
Dept of Medicine, Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, East Fort, Thrissur, Kerala, PIN 680005.
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Baburaj
Shyam Shankar
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Varma
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BL
Harikrishnan
D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D007919:Leptospira / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D010406:Penicillins; D011189:Potassium Chloride