A Rare Manifestation of Leptospirosis: Long-Term Elevation in Liver Enzymes
Leptospirosis is a bacterial zoonosis that is endemic in many tropical and subtropical regions. The disease is transmitted to humans by contact with the urine or an environment contaminated with the urine of infected animals. The clinical manifestations of leptospirosis vary from subclinical infecti...
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| description | Leptospirosis is a bacterial zoonosis that is endemic in many tropical and subtropical regions. The disease is transmitted to humans by contact with the urine or an environment contaminated with the urine of infected animals. The clinical manifestations of leptospirosis vary from subclinical infection to severe illness with multiorgan dysfunction. This case report aimed to present a leptospirosis case diagnosed with detailed anamnesis and progressed with long-term elevation in liver function tests, in a non-endemic region. A 28-year-old male patient was admitted with complaints of weakness, fever, and vomiting. As a result of the detailed anamnesis, it was learned that the patient with hyperbilirubinemia, elevated liver enzymes, and kidney failure had contact with polluted water in a rural area, and the patient was followed up with a preliminary diagnosis of leptospirosis. Leptospirosis may present with different clinical presentations and be confused with many diseases, risk factors should be carefully questioned. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3ab06c61f8eb44ec9fbc671a1d70f7812023-12-25T14:47:52ZengDuzce UniversityDüzce Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi1307-671X2023-12-0125329029210.18678/dtfd.132061897A Rare Manifestation of Leptospirosis: Long-Term Elevation in Liver EnzymesBekir Tunca0Özlem Gökçe1Yasemin Çakır2DUZCE UNIVERSITYSAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İSTANBUL BAŞAKŞEHİR ÇAM VE SAKURA ŞEHİR SAĞLIK UYGULAMA VE ARAŞTIRMA MERKEZİCUMHURIYET UNIVERSITYLeptospirosis is a bacterial zoonosis that is endemic in many tropical and subtropical regions. The disease is transmitted to humans by contact with the urine or an environment contaminated with the urine of infected animals. The clinical manifestations of leptospirosis vary from subclinical infection to severe illness with multiorgan dysfunction. This case report aimed to present a leptospirosis case diagnosed with detailed anamnesis and progressed with long-term elevation in liver function tests, in a non-endemic region. A 28-year-old male patient was admitted with complaints of weakness, fever, and vomiting. As a result of the detailed anamnesis, it was learned that the patient with hyperbilirubinemia, elevated liver enzymes, and kidney failure had contact with polluted water in a rural area, and the patient was followed up with a preliminary diagnosis of leptospirosis. Leptospirosis may present with different clinical presentations and be confused with many diseases, risk factors should be carefully questioned.https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/3235513akut böbrek yetmezliğileptospiroziskaraciğer fonksiyon testleriacute kidney injuryleptospirosisliver function tests |
| spellingShingle | Bekir Tunca Özlem Gökçe Yasemin Çakır A Rare Manifestation of Leptospirosis: Long-Term Elevation in Liver Enzymes Düzce Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi akut böbrek yetmezliği leptospirozis karaciğer fonksiyon testleri acute kidney injury leptospirosis liver function tests |
| title | A Rare Manifestation of Leptospirosis: Long-Term Elevation in Liver Enzymes |
| title_full | A Rare Manifestation of Leptospirosis: Long-Term Elevation in Liver Enzymes |
| title_fullStr | A Rare Manifestation of Leptospirosis: Long-Term Elevation in Liver Enzymes |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Rare Manifestation of Leptospirosis: Long-Term Elevation in Liver Enzymes |
| title_short | A Rare Manifestation of Leptospirosis: Long-Term Elevation in Liver Enzymes |
| title_sort | rare manifestation of leptospirosis long term elevation in liver enzymes |
| topic | akut böbrek yetmezliği leptospirozis karaciğer fonksiyon testleri acute kidney injury leptospirosis liver function tests |
| url | https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/3235513 |
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