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Fulminant Leptospirosis (Weil's disease) in an urban setting as an overlooked cause of multiorgan failure: a case report

Elias Maroun*, Anurag Kushawaha, Elie El-Charabaty, Neville Mobarakai and Suzanne El-Sayegh

Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011, 5:7 doi:10.1186/1752-1947-5-7

Leptospirosis in Baltimore and New York! Wow!

Noah Hoskins   (2011-05-26 15:14)  Union Memorial Hospital email

This case presentation of Weil's Syndrome is very similar to the case of urban leptospirosis seen in inner-city Baltimore in November 2010 which was just published May 2011. Is this the beginning of an east coast Leptospirosis epidemic?
The baltimore case found here: http://www.jchimp.net/index.php/jchimp/article/view/7042.

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