Double trouble: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and leptospirosis

Alemka Markotić; Ilija Kuzman; Krsto Babić; Alenka Gagro; Stuart Nichol; Thomas G Ksiazek; Sabina Rabatić; Dragan Dekaris

doi:10.1080/00365540110077227

Double trouble: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and leptospirosis

Scand J Infect Dis. 2002;34(3):221-4. doi: 10.1080/00365540110077227.

Authors

Alemka Markotić¹, Ilija Kuzman, Krsto Babić, Alenka Gagro, Stuart Nichol, Thomas G Ksiazek, Sabina Rabatić, Dragan Dekaris

Affiliation

¹ Department for Research and Development, Institute of Immunology, Zagreb, Croatia.

PMID: 12030403
DOI: 10.1080/00365540110077227

Abstract

The clinical picture of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome can closely mimic that of unicteric leptospirosis and vice versa. This is the first description of dual infection with Dobrava virus and leptospira and alteration of immune parameters in a Croatian soldier.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Croatia
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / complications*
Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / microbiology
Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / virology
Humans
Leptospira / isolation & purification
Leptospirosis / complications*
Leptospirosis / microbiology
Leptospirosis / virology
Male
Orthohantavirus / isolation & purification
Polymerase Chain Reaction