Severe Myasthenic Manifestation of Leptospirosis Associated with New Sequence Type of Leptospira interrogans.
Emerg Infect Dis
; 25(5): 968-971, 2019 05.
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| ID: mdl-31002066
ABSTRACT
We report the rapid development of a myasthenic crisis as the first-time manifestation of myasthenia gravis. The symptoms developed in the course of acute leptospirosis associated with a new sequence type of Leptospira interrogans. Antibiotic treatment led to rapid amelioration of myasthenia.
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Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Adult
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Humans
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Male
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Europa
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En
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2019
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Article