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Leptospirosis is endemic in _______ regions. |
tropical - scene is a surfer's oasis |
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Leptospirosis is _______-shaped and ________-______- shaped. |
spiral; question-marked |
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Leptospira is found in _____ _______ and gets into the water we swim in... so its associated with ______ _______. |
animal urine; water sports (surfing!) |
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Clinical features? |
Fever, conjuntival suffusion in early infection. |
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What is leptospirosis in its most severe form? |
Weil's disease. (Whale) |
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Leptospira travels through the ___________ and can affect many different organs. Which are the big ones to remember? |
bloodstream. Kidneys and Liver -> Renal dysfunction and jaundice from liver damage. |
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If someone is a log-roller in WI and comes in with a fever and azotemia, what are you going to think of? |
Not Lepto! History tells you it can't be.. its probably just a kidney infection from something else. |
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What is conjunctival suffusion? |
resembles conjunctivitis but doesn't involve inflammatory exudates... so Redness of the conjunctiva but no exudate... swelling around the palpebral fissures |
