Leptospirosis Followed by Kawasaki-Like Disease: Case Report From an Adult Swiss Patient and Review of the Literature

Kawasaki disease (KD) is a vasculitis that mostly occurs in children, but rare cases in adults have been reported. We describe the case of a 43-year-old Swiss male who developed symptoms compatible with KD 7 weeks after leptospirosis, which was presumably acquired after swimming in a creek in the Sw...

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Autores principales: Baerlocher, Severin, Helfenstein, Seth, Mahr, Alfred, Crippa, Selina, Garcia Boy, Regine, Kahlert, Christian R, Yurttas, Timur, Hatz, Christoph, Kohler, Philipp
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Novel ID Cases
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8047852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33884275
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab088

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8047852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33884275
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab088

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