[Biologic assays and diagnostic strategy of neuroleptospirosis: a case report]

T Gaillard; C Martinaud; A Faivre; J-B Souraud; J Maslin; P Alla; P Brisou

doi:10.1016/j.revmed.2008.06.018

[Biologic assays and diagnostic strategy of neuroleptospirosis: a case report]

Rev Med Interne. 2009 Apr;30(4):361-4. doi: 10.1016/j.revmed.2008.06.018. Epub 2008 Aug 9.

[Article in French]

Authors

T Gaillard¹, C Martinaud, A Faivre, J-B Souraud, J Maslin, P Alla, P Brisou

Affiliation

¹ Fédération des laboratoires, hôpital d'instruction des armées Sainte-Anne, 2, boulevard Sainte-Anne, 83000 Toulon, France.

PMID: 18692943
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2008.06.018

Abstract

Clinical and biological symptoms of neuroleptospirosis are misleading. We report a 62-year-old man, without any risk factor, suffering from febrile headache with a pseudotumoral cerebral spinal fluid due to neuroleptospirosis. Thereby, we present useful diagnostic assays and their practical interest.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Differential
Headache / microbiology
Humans
Leptospira / isolation & purification
Leptospirosis / cerebrospinal fluid
Leptospirosis / diagnosis*
Leptospirosis / pathology
Lymphocytes / pathology
Male
Meningitis / microbiology
Middle Aged
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Pseudotumor Cerebri / cerebrospinal fluid