Two cases of laboratory-confirmed leptospirosis in travellers returning to Spain from Thailand, September 2013

In September 2013, leptospirosis was diagnosed in two Spanish travellers returning from Thailand. The first case walked in floodwater in the Phi Phi Islands in pouring rain: 20 days later he presented with fever and acute hepatitis. The second presented with fever and renal failure 17 days after vis...

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Published inEuro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles Vol. 19; no. 2; p. 1
Main Authors Calvo-Cano, A, Aldasoro, E, Ramirez, Mf, Martinez, Mj, Requena-Mendez, A, Gascon, J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Sweden Centre Europeen pour la Surveillance Epidemiologique du SIDA (European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS) 16.01.2014
Subjects
Adult
Agglutination Tests
Antibodies, Bacterial - blood
C-Reactive Protein - metabolism
Diagnosis, Differential
Fever - etiology
Hepatitis
Humans
Leptospira - immunology
Leptospira - isolation & purification
Leptospirosis
Leptospirosis - diagnosis
Leptospirosis - microbiology
Male
Medical diagnosis
Middle Aged
Spain
Thailand
Travel
Travel medicine
Thailand
Spain
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Summary:In September 2013, leptospirosis was diagnosed in two Spanish travellers returning from Thailand. The first case walked in floodwater in the Phi Phi Islands in pouring rain: 20 days later he presented with fever and acute hepatitis. The second presented with fever and renal failure 17 days after visiting the islands. These cases remind clinicians to consider leptospirosis in febrile patients with a history of contact with flood or fresh water while travelling to tropical countries.
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ISSN:1560-7917
1025-496X
1560-7917
DOI:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.2.20675