Imported Leptospira licerasiae Infection in Traveler Returning to Japan from Brazil

We describe a case of intermediate leptospirosis resulting from Leptospira licerasiae infection in a traveler returning to Japan from Brazil. Intermediate leptospirosis should be included in the differential diagnosis for travelers with fever returning from South America. This case highlights the ne...

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Autores principales: Tsuboi, Motoyuki, Koizumi, Nobuo, Hayakawa, Kayoko, Kanagawa, Shuzo, Ohmagari, Norio, Kato, Yasuyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5382744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28221126
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2303.161262
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author Tsuboi, Motoyuki
Koizumi, Nobuo
Hayakawa, Kayoko
Kanagawa, Shuzo
Ohmagari, Norio
Kato, Yasuyuki
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description We describe a case of intermediate leptospirosis resulting from Leptospira licerasiae infection in a traveler returning to Japan from Brazil. Intermediate leptospirosis should be included in the differential diagnosis for travelers with fever returning from South America. This case highlights the need for strategies that detect pathogenic and intermediate Leptospira species.
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spelling pubmed-53827442017-04-06 Imported Leptospira licerasiae Infection in Traveler Returning to Japan from Brazil Tsuboi, Motoyuki Koizumi, Nobuo Hayakawa, Kayoko Kanagawa, Shuzo Ohmagari, Norio Kato, Yasuyuki Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We describe a case of intermediate leptospirosis resulting from Leptospira licerasiae infection in a traveler returning to Japan from Brazil. Intermediate leptospirosis should be included in the differential diagnosis for travelers with fever returning from South America. This case highlights the need for strategies that detect pathogenic and intermediate Leptospira species. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5382744/ /pubmed/28221126 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2303.161262 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Letter
Tsuboi, Motoyuki
Koizumi, Nobuo
Hayakawa, Kayoko
Kanagawa, Shuzo
Ohmagari, Norio
Kato, Yasuyuki
Imported Leptospira licerasiae Infection in Traveler Returning to Japan from Brazil
title Imported Leptospira licerasiae Infection in Traveler Returning to Japan from Brazil
title_full Imported Leptospira licerasiae Infection in Traveler Returning to Japan from Brazil
title_fullStr Imported Leptospira licerasiae Infection in Traveler Returning to Japan from Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Imported Leptospira licerasiae Infection in Traveler Returning to Japan from Brazil
title_short Imported Leptospira licerasiae Infection in Traveler Returning to Japan from Brazil
title_sort imported leptospira licerasiae infection in traveler returning to japan from brazil
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5382744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28221126
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2303.161262
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