title: Leptospirosis after a stay in Madagascar.
abstract: We report a case of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-confirmed leptospirosis in a patient who recently traveled to Madagascar, a country where only two cases have been reported since 1955. Although laboratory and clinical presentations were atypical and despite leptospirosis not being a documented disease in Madagascar, blood and urine tests for leptospirosis enabled retrospective confirmation of the diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Ars Océan Indien, Cire Océan Indien, Institut de veille sanitaire (InVS), Saint-Denis, France.
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pagès
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kuli
authors.forename: Marie-Pierre
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Moiton
authors.forename: Cyrille
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Goarant
authors.forename: Marie-Christine
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Jaffar-Bandjee
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007921:Leptospira interrogans / Q000235:genetics; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000652:urine; D008270:Madagascar; D008875:Middle Aged; D010802:Phylogeny; D014195:Travel