A Case Report of a Patient with Leptospirosis

Abstract

Abstract Background & aim: Leptospirosis is a zoonosis of worldwide distribution. One of the most important diseases common to man and animals. The aim of this study was to report a case of a patient with leptospirosis. Case Report: A 32 year old man from the southern tropical city of Kangan due to high fever, muscle pain, eye redness, enlarged liver and spleen voltage and the physical examination, slight yellowing of the conjunctiva was referred to Shahid Beheshti Hospital of Yasuj. Initial treatment of the patient's fever and flu-like symptoms before the test was ordered by physicians with antibiotics and patients' vital signs such as fever were controlled. After testing many different diseases and suspect cases, leptospirosis was confirmed. Conclusion: There is a risk of leptospirosis in presence of rodents in tropical vector and also the ecological conditions. When flu-like symptoms, enlarged liver and spleen, jaundice and symptoms of kidney involvement disease and failure to respond to conventional treatments exist, suspected cases of leptospirosis should not be missed and therefore better diagnostic tests should be conducted. Keywords: Leptospirosis, Animal, Febrile, Fl