| CLINICAL CASE REPORT |
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| Year : 2019 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 88-89 |
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Weil syndrome causing autoimmune haemolytic anaemia
Rahul Sai Gangula, M Mukhyaprana Prabhu, Weena Stanley
Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Sharada Madhava Pai OPD Block, Manipal, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
M Mukhyaprana Prabhu
Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Sharada Madhava Pai OPD Block, Manipal, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-258X.275913
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Weil syndrome is a fulminant form of leptospirosis, usually caused by spirochetal organism Leptospira interrogans. It is characterized by icterus, petechial rashes over the body, signs of renal failure and hepatic failure. Anaemia is a usual manifes- tation of Leptospira infection, but autoimmune haemolytic anaemia is rare. We report a patient with autoimmune haemolytic anaemia following Leptospira infection, which was responsive to high-dose steroid therapy. |
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