Open AccessAn Unusual Presentation of Leptospirosis in an urban setting as an overlooked cause of multiorgan failure
Author(s) -
Tarek Alam,
Sadia Saber,
Rafa Faaria Alam,
Mohammad Monower Hossain
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
bangladesh critical care journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2307-7654
pISSN - 2304-0009
DOI - 10.3329/bccj.v7i1.40770
Subject(s) - medicine , leptospirosis , multiorgan failure , presentation (obstetrics) , intensive care medicine , disease , pediatrics , surgery , pathology
Leptospirosis is a life-threatening zoonotic disease of global distribution. It has variable presentation ranging from mild febrile illness to life-threatening complications like acute renal failure, acute hepatic failure, pulmonary hemorrhages and cardiac arrhythmias. We present a case of flu-like illness contracted by working at a poorly hygienic place where the patient experienced progressive pulmonary-renal syndrome two days after admission. Index suspicion and early treatment remains the mainstay of this life threatening zoonotic disease.
Bangladesh Crit Care J March 2019; 7(1): 51-54