%0 Journal Article
%T Leptospirosis con anemia hemol¨ªtica microangiop¨¢tica. Presentaci¨®n de un caso
%A Garc¨ªa Portela
%A Rafael
%A Ruz Hern¨¢ndez
%A Mario
%A Garc¨ªa Otero
%A Mari¨¦n
%A Mar¨ªn Hern¨¢ndez
%A Dayand
%J Revista de Ciencias M£¿£¿dicas de Pinar del R£¿-o
%D 2011
%I Editorial Ciencias M¨¦dicas
%X a 47 year-old, caucasian housewife-woman who lives in a rural area was admitted at "abel santamaria cuadrado" university hospital presenting high fever, arthralgia and myalgia of the lower limbs, vomits and marked diarrhea, asthenia, anorexia and saffron-colored (jaundice) skin and mucosa. serological examinations showed leptospirosis caused by laelia autumnalis. the prevailing hemolytic nature of jaundice was proved; which provoked an intense anemia, the patient needed a blood transfusion. the possible causes of hemodialysis were analyzed. microangiopathic hemolytic anemia is a rare complication in leptospirosis.
%K leptospirosis [complications]
%K hemolytic anemia [diagnosis].
%U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1561-31942011000100018&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en