%0 Journal Article
%T Facial nerve palsy associated with leptospirosis
%A Costa
%A Everaldo
%A Sacramento
%A Edilson
%A Lopes
%A Antonio Alberto
%A Bina
%A Jos¨¦ Carlos
%J Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
%D 2001
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT
%R 10.1590/S0037-86822001000200011
%X this case report describes the findings of a 27-year-old black male from bahia, brazil, who developed facial palsy during the convalescence phase of leptospirosis. the patient recovered without neurological sequel. this work calls attention to a possible association between leptospirosis and facial palsy.
%K leptospirosis
%K facial palsy.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0037-86822001000200011&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en