Liver Transplantation for Acute Liver Failure Attributed to Leptospirosis: A Report of Two Cases

Background. Leptospirosis is a zoonosis caused by pathogenic spirochetes of the genus Leptospira. Although it may be limited to nonspecific fever, leptospirosis may also be responsible for neurological symptoms or fulminant diseases such as Weil’s disease. Diagnosis is challenging due to the difficu...

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Main Authors: Thibault Lebreton, Fréderic Aubrun, Jean-Yves Mabrut, Laurent Heyer, Camille Perrin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Critical Care
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5189542
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