Leptospirosis. Revisión del tema y experiencia de los casos durante una década en el Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile.

Authors

  • Rodrigo Cornejo Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile. Sección de Medicina Interna.
  • Claudia Cortés Universidad de Chile
  • Mario Luppi Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile. Sección de Infectología.
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Abstract

Leotospirosis, and Weil 's disease are two disorders that in spite of their importance and prevalence in Chile are suspected. This may be caused by the poor information about the epidemiology and transmission mechanisms and the lack of clinical experience and good diasgnostic test. However, there are no studies about the prevalence of these diseases, taking account of their clinical manifestations and epidemiology. Those are the reasons why we consider important to refresh the knowledge about these topics and why we made a search of ali cases in the last decade in our Hospital anda complete review of literature.

Keywords:

Leptospirosis/fisiopatología , Enfermedad de Weil/fisiopatología , Leptospirosis/diagnóstico , Enfermedad de Weil´/diagnóstico , Leptospirosis/epidemiología