Leptospirosis patient with AIDS: the first case reported

Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 1994 Jan-Mar;27(1):39-42. doi: 10.1590/s0037-86821994000100008.

Abstract

A case of renal icterohemorrhagic leptospirosis involving a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is reported. Despite the low levels of CD4+ T lymphocytes, the clinical course of leptospirosis was similar to that observed in non-immunodepressed patients, and no worsening of AIDS occurred due to the infection by the spirochete. Serologic conversion was observed in the microscopic agglutination test, with maximum titer of 1:3,200. The patient had positive urine cultures for Leptospira interrogans for two months, whereas blood cultures were negative.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis*
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / microbiology
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / pathology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • HIV-1*
  • Humans
  • Leptospira interrogans / isolation & purification
  • Male
  • Renal Insufficiency / diagnosis*
  • Renal Insufficiency / microbiology
  • Renal Insufficiency / pathology
  • Weil Disease / diagnosis*
  • Weil Disease / microbiology
  • Weil Disease / pathology