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doi: 10.1590/s0037-86821994000100008.
Leptospirosis patient with AIDS: the first case reported
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Leptospirosis patient with AIDS: the first case reported
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop.
1994 Jan-Mar.
Abstract
A case of renal icterohemorrhagic leptospirosis involving a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is reported. Despite the low levels of CD4+ T lymphocytes, the clinical course of leptospirosis was similar to that observed in non-immunodepressed patients, and no worsening of AIDS occurred due to the infection by the spirochete. Serologic conversion was observed in the microscopic agglutination test, with maximum titer of 1:3,200. The patient had positive urine cultures for Leptospira interrogans for two months, whereas blood cultures were negative.
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