| [a case of severe leptospirosis infection (weil's disease) in tokyo]. | we report a case of severe leptospirosis infection (weil's disease) in tokyo. a 54-year-old man admitted on september 14, 2006, for a 5-day inability to walk due to severe progressive bilateral leg pain, shoulder pain, and fever exhibited jaundice, conjunctival suffusion, hypoxia, and grasping pain in the bilateral leg muscles. laboratory findings showed severe liver damage, renal failure, leukocytosis, anemia, thrombocytopenia, elevated crp, hyponatremia, and hypokalemia. chest x-ray imaging sh ... | 2010 | 20170016 |
| weil's disease in a patient living in tokyo. | a 56-year-old previously healthy man was admitted to our hospital for disordered consciousness, anuria, and severe jaundice. the patient had not travelled recently, but he worked at a fish market in tokyo. from his history and clinical observation we suspected weil's disease and started the corresponding treatment. leptospira infection was ultimately confirmed by a serological study. our report raises the awareness that leptospirosis is not only a tropic disease, but also it can be a disease in ... | 2009 | 19755780 |
| [distribution of antibodies to leptospira among the residence of tokyo and its suburbs]. | | 1975 | 810526 |
| an investigation of canine leptospiral antibodies in tokyo and yokohama. comparison of canine positive rates between rapid microscopic agglutination test and schüffner-mochtar test. | | 1974 | 4468963 |
| human leptospirosis cases and the prevalence of rats harbouring leptospira interrogans in urban areas of tokyo, japan. | thirteen patients with leptospirosis were identified, as confirmed by laboratory analysis during the last 5 years in our laboratory, who came from urban areas of tokyo, japan. all of the patients came into contact with rats before the onset of illness. seventeen per cent of norway rats captured in the inner cities of tokyo carried leptospires in their kidneys. most of these rat isolates were leptospira interrogans serovar copenhageni/icterohaemorrhagiae. antibodies against these serovars and the ... | 2009 | 19528143 |