Neuroleptospirosis
Evidence-based neurology checklist on neuroleptospirosis: Pathology Leptospirosis is caused by Leptospiral interrogans It is transmitted by urine of animals: especially rats and mice It causes vasculitic and immune-mediated damage Systemic features Cardiorespiratory features Gastrointestinal…
Pathology
- Leptospirosis is caused by Leptospiral interrogans
- It is transmitted by urine of animals: especially rats and mice
- It causes vasculitic and immune-mediated damage
Systemic features
Cardiorespiratory features
Gastrointestinal features
Ophthalmic features
Central neurological phenotypes
Central neurological features
Peripheral neurological phenotypes
Other features
Differential diagnosis
Poor prognostic features
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain: features
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis
Other investigations
Treatment
References
- Mathew T, Satishchandra P, Mahadevan A, et al. Neuroleptospirosis - revisited: experience from a tertiary care neurological centre from south India. Indian J Med Res 2006; 124:155-162.
- Datta S, Sarkar RN, Biswas A, Mitra S. Leptospirosis: an institutional experience. J Indian Med Assoc 2011; 109:737-738.
- Panicker JN, Mammachan R, Jayakumar RV. Primary neuroleptospirosis. Postgrad Med J 2001; 77:589-590.
- Courtin JP, Di Francia M, Du Couëdic I, et al. Respiratory manifestations of leptospirosis. A retrospective study of 91 cases (1978-1984). Rev Pneumol Clin 1998; 54:382-392.
- Abgueguen P, Delbos V, Blanvillain J, et al. Clinical aspects and prognostic factors of leptospirosis in adults. Retrospective study in France. J Infect 2008; 57:171-178.
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