Open AccessLeptospirosis diagnosed by molecular DNA detection on skin biopsy
Author(s) -
Barbara Doudier,
Delphine Laban,
C. Cazorla,
PierreEdouard Fournier,
Philippe Parola,
Philippe 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.