Facial nerve palsy associated with leptospirosis
This case report describes the findings of a 27-year-old black male from Bahia, Brazil, who developed facial palsy during the convalescence phase of leptospirosis. The patient recovered without neurological sequel. This work calls attention to a possible association between leptospirosis and facial...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
2001-04-01
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| author | Everaldo Costa Edilson Sacramento Antonio Alberto Lopes José Carlos Bina |
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| description | This case report describes the findings of a 27-year-old black male from Bahia, Brazil, who developed facial palsy during the convalescence phase of leptospirosis. The patient recovered without neurological sequel. This work calls attention to a possible association between leptospirosis and facial palsy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4010c87b216e4b2a8b6462df940d050a2022-12-22T00:14:16ZengSociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical1678-98492001-04-01342219220Facial nerve palsy associated with leptospirosisEveraldo Costa0Edilson Sacramento1Antonio Alberto Lopes2José Carlos Bina3Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde PúblicaEscola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde PúblicaUniversidade Federal da BahiaUniversidade Federal da BahiaThis case report describes the findings of a 27-year-old black male from Bahia, Brazil, who developed facial palsy during the convalescence phase of leptospirosis. The patient recovered without neurological sequel. This work calls attention to a possible association between leptospirosis and facial palsy.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822001000200011&tlng=enLeptospirosisFacial palsy |
| spellingShingle | Everaldo Costa Edilson Sacramento Antonio Alberto Lopes José Carlos Bina Facial nerve palsy associated with leptospirosis Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Leptospirosis Facial palsy |
| title | Facial nerve palsy associated with leptospirosis |
| title_full | Facial nerve palsy associated with leptospirosis |
| title_fullStr | Facial nerve palsy associated with leptospirosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Facial nerve palsy associated with leptospirosis |
| title_short | Facial nerve palsy associated with leptospirosis |
| title_sort | facial nerve palsy associated with leptospirosis |
| topic | Leptospirosis Facial palsy |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822001000200011&tlng=en |
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