One Case of Leptospirosis. |
Sang Joo Han, Jung Hyeun Park, Kyung Ja Lee, Woo Kap Chung |
Department of pediatrics, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea |
렙토스피라증 1례 |
한상주, 박정현, 이경자, 정우갑 |
한림대학교 의학부 소아과학교실 |
Received: 24 April 1989 • Accepted: 24 July 1989 |
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Abstract |
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 manifestation,
laboratory findings and serologic evidence. |
Key Words:
Leptospirosis, Children |
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