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Leptospirosis occurring in two children after fresh water immersion
M A St John1, S King, S E Bullen
1Department of Paediatrics, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados. cedwards@sunbeach.net
The West Indian Medical Journal
|February 24, 2001
Abstract:
Leptospirosis is relatively uncommon in children. Two cases of severe leptospirosis occurred in teenaged boys who shared a common exposure via immersion in fresh water. While both patients had laboratory-confirmed leptospirosis, their symptoms differed in many respects.