[Simultaneous leptospirosis and hantavirus infection in the same patient]

The leptospirosis and the hantaviral infections are worldwide distributed zoonoses having the similar epidemiology and clinical symptoms. Both in Europe and Asia those hantaviral serotypes are common which are responsible for the haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, while on the American continent the hantaviral pulmonary syndrome has also been diagnosed. Authors describe a patient who had simultaneous leptospira and hantaviral infections with haemorrhagic fever as well as with mild, transient renal insufficiency and liver damage. The dual infection was proved by serology.