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| A Clinical Study of Leptospirosis in Chung Nam Area |
| Sun Joo Kim, Jung Mok Kim, Chang Ok Hyun, Sae Yong Hong, Byoung Sang Song, Hae Kyung Rhu*, Seung Chul Park* |
| Department of Internal Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang Chun An General Hospital, Soon Chun Hyang Medical College, Chun An, Korea
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea |
Vol.19 Num.1 (p33~37)
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Leptospirosis is an acute generalized infectious disease characterized by extensive vasculitis, caused by spirochetes of the genus Leptospira.
In Korea, yet only few confirmed cases have been reported.
We experienced the 18 patients who were diagnosed as leptospirosis clinically and serologically and described the clinical and laboratory findings.
Fever was the most common symptom followed by chill, myalgia, headache, cough and sputum. Conjunctival injection, rash, hypotension were observed in 44.4%, 27.8%, 22.2%, of the patients, respectively.
Anemia was noted in 38.9%, leukocytosis in 22.2%, thrombocytopenia in 38.9%, Urinalysis findings were hematuria(11%), pyuria(17%), proteinuria(28%), and azotemia was found in 3(17%). 12 patients(66.1%) had elevated transaminase, while jaundice was found in 2(11%).
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