Leptospirosis After a Stay in Madagascar. Issue 2 (15th October 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pagès, Frédéric; Kuli, Barbara; Moiton, Marie‐Pierre; Goarant, Cyrille; Jaffar‐Bandjee, Marie‐Christine
• Is Part Of: Journal of travel medicine. Volume 22:Issue 2(2015)
• Page Start: 136
• Page End: 139
• Publication Date: 2014-10-15
• Subjects: Communicable diseases -- Prevention -- Periodicals; Medicine, Preventive -- Periodicals; Travel -- Periodicals; 613.6805
• DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12163
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1195-1982

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="jtm12163-abs-0001"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p id="jtm12163-para-0001">We report a case of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)‐confirmed leptospirosis in a patient who recently traveled to Madagascar, a country where only two cases have been reported since 1955. Although laboratory and clinical presentations were atypical and despite leptospirosis not being a documented disease in Madagascar, blood and urine tests for leptospirosis enabled retrospective confirmation of the diagnosis.</p> </abstract>