Leptospirosis. A Review

Authors

  • Javier Saldaña Campos
  • Diego Fernando Escobar García
  • Oscar Manuel Pinillos
  • Laura Hernández Montealegre

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61182/rnavmed.v4n2a3

Keywords:

Leptospirosis, icterohaemorraghic syndrome, serology

Abstract

Leptospirosis is a special disease urban prevalence of tropical, subtropical and developing, infectious transmission and zoonotic, with belonging to the genus Leptospira bacterial etiology areas, is considered a reemerging disease and forgotten favored by poor sanitation The increased contact with reservoirs for the growth of slums and the invasion of wild areas for cultivation or urban housing. Just as in the descubrimento of this disease every day are more cases urbans vistoo zons for this reason. Within the infectious disease clinic eesta punishment immediately make proper enfque in patients with Icterohemorrhagic disease, which is that in addition to the clinical suspicion is characterized serological studies and molecular diagnosis facilitaranel a future. This review begins with a patient with a characteristic clinical picture and action measures to be employed in the present context to our contienent.

 

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Published

2019-01-25

How to Cite

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Saldaña Campos J, Escobar García DF, Pinillos OM, Hernández Montealegre L. Leptospirosis. A Review. Rev. Navar. Medica [Internet]. 2019 Jan. 25 [cited 2024 Dec. 22];4(2):22-34. Available from: https://journals.uninavarra.edu.co/index.php/navarramedica/article/view/a3-v4-n2-2018

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