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A case of severe leptospirosis with pancytopaenia

Bee PC 1 , Chow SK 2 , Tan LH 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 P C Bee, MD. Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur
  • 2 S K Chow, MRCP. Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur
  • 3 L H Tan, MMed. Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur
Med J Malaysia, 2003 Dec;58(5):777-9.
PMID: 15190670

Abstract

Pancytopaenia is a rare clinical presentation of severe leptospirosis. We would like to report a case of severe leptospirosis that progressed to pancytopaenia despite initial penicillin therapy. The patient needed a second course of antibiotic with doxycycline to improve his persistent symptoms and cytopaenia. Persistent pancytopaenia in severe leptospirosis and its management were reviewed.

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