Severe Myasthenic Manifestation of Leptospirosis Associated with New Sequence Type of Leptospira interrogans

Authors :: Tomschik, Matthias
Koneczny, Inga
Schotta, Anna-Margarita
Scharer, Sebastian
Smajlhodzic, Merima
Rosenegger, Paloma Fernandes
Bluthner, Martin
Hoftberger, Romana
Zimprich, Fritz
Stanek, Gerold
Markowicz, Mateusz
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases. May, 2019, Vol. 25 Issue 5, p968, 4 p.
Publication Year :: 2019
Abstract: Leptospirosis is a global zoonotic disease, endemic in tropical areas, and caused by spirochetes of the genus Leptospira (1). Involvement of the nervous systems is rare, and only single cases [...]

Subjects :: Leptospirosis -- Diagnosis
Myasthenia gravis -- Diagnosis
Gram-negative bacteria
Zoonoses -- Diagnosis
Neuritis
Encephalitis
Travelers
Polymyositis
Meningitis
Health

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