LEPTOSPIROSIS DUE TO LEPTOSPIRA GRIPPOTYPHGSA
- 8 November 1952
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 150 (10) , 1010-1012
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1952.63680100009014e
Abstract
Leptospirosis in the United States has been limited largely to infections with Leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae (Weil's disease), Lept. canicola, and Lept. bataviae.1Several instances of infection with Lept. pomona (swineherd's disease) have been recorded in the last two years.2Although additional species are found in Europe and elsewhere, they have not been previously reported in the Western Hemisphere. The following case report of infection with Lept. grippotyphosa is believed to represent the first known instance of this disease in the United States. REPORT OF A CASE A 62-year-old white farmer from Sadler, Texas, was admitted to the Veterans Administration Hospital on Nov. 9, 1951, complaining of generalized aching, which was most pronounced in the legs, a warm feeling below the waist of one week's duration, and swelling of the legs below the knees for three days. All symptoms had become progressively worse. For four days he had noticed orange-coloredKeywords
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