A Case of Weil's Disease Requiring Steroid Therapy for Thrombocytopenia and Bleeding
- 1 November 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 31 (6) , 1213-1215
- https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1982.31.1213
Abstract
A young New Hampshire man was recently treated for severe Weil's disease caused by serologically diagnosed Leptospira icterohemorrhagiae. In addition to severe renal failure and hepatic disease, his case featured marked thrombocytopenia with multiple evidences of bleeding. A course of steroid therapy was associated with improved platelet counts and amelioration of his hemorrhagic diathesis.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Human Leptospirosis from Immunized DogsAnnals of Internal Medicine, 1973
- Sporadic Anicteric Leptospirosis in South VietnamAnnals of Internal Medicine, 1973