Leptospirosis and kidneys: a clinical case
D'Elia, L.; Consiglio Barozzino, M.; Liberatori, M.; Panocchia, N.
Giornale Italiano di Nefrologia: Organo Ufficiale Della Societa Italiana di Nefrologia 36(5)
2019
ISSN/ISBN: 1724-5990 PMID: 31580545 Document Number: 698561
We describe here the case of a young patient, employed in agriculture, who entered the emergency room with fever, headache, hematuria and a worsening of renal function; we diagnosed leptospirosis with renal involvement. As the patient lamented very generic symptoms, the anamnesis was fundamental in leading us to suspect an infection, execute the right laboratory analysis, and correctly diagnose a pathology which is currently very rare in Italy.