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Leptospirosis diagnosed by molecular DNA detection on skin biopsy

Author(s) -

Barbara Doudier,

D. Laban,

C. Cazorla,

PierreEdouard Fournier,

Philippe Parola,

P. Brouqui

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

bmj case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231

H-Index - 26

ISSN - 1757-790X

DOI - 10.1136/bcr.09.2009.2313

Subject(s) - leptospirosis , medicine , polymerase chain reaction , skin biopsy , biopsy , dermatology , conjunctiva , pathology , accidental , gene , biology , biochemistry , physics , acoustics

Leptospirosis is one of the most common anthropozoonoses in the world. Humans are accidental hosts who get infected through damaged skin or conjunctiva from environmental sources such as soil and water contaminated by urine or tissues from infected animals. We report the case of a young man for whom the diagnosis was obtained by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection from a skin biopsy.

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