Identifier |
wh_ch56_p3111 |
Title |
Walsh & Hoyt: Diagnosis |
Creator |
Robert L. Lesser, MD |
Affiliation |
(RLL) The Eye Care Group, Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science and Neurology at Yale, Clinical Professor of Neurology and Surgery (Neurosurgery) at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine |
Subject |
Infectious Diseases; Leptospira; Leptospirosis; Diagnosis |
Description |
The diagnosis of leptospirosis should be suspected from the clinical setting. In patients with the icteric form, the ocular manifestations are typical. In addition, the serum creatinine phosphokinase is elevated with minor elevations of serum aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase. In both the nonicteric and icteric forms of the disease, the organism can be isolated from blood and CSF only during the acute phase, because it is cleared rapidly by circulating antibodies. Thus, the diagnosis usually is made with serologic tests such as the microagglutination test (MAT) or an ELISA. |
Date |
2005 |
Language |
eng |
Format |
application/pdf |
Type |
Text |
Source |
Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 6th Edition |
Relation is Part of |
Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology |
Collection |
Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu |
Publisher |
Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia |
Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890 |
Rights Management |
Copyright 2005. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6hx4n4n |
Setname |
ehsl_novel_whts |
ID |
185848 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hx4n4n |