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Leptospirosis is a zoonosis distributed worldwide. Ifs caused by spirochetes of the genus leptospira
and charaterized by systemic and protean clinical manifestation.
On August 1981, a diagnosis of this disease was made by a serologic test. Thereafter many cases
were reported in adults, but there are no published reports in children.
This report deals with one case of leptospirosis in children diagnosed by clinical... |