Towering Levels of Transaminases; Acute Hepatitis versus Severe Leptospirosis: A Case with Review of Literature

Omkarr De Hazra; Rajdeep Basu; Sukalpa Chaudhuri; Soumitra Ghosh

Authors

Omkarr De Hazra
Rajdeep Basu
Sukalpa Chaudhuri
Soumitra Ghosh

Keywords:

severe leptospirosis, marked transaminitis, multi-organ failure, early hemodialysis

Abstract

Leptospirosis is a disease caused by leptospira a spirochete which involves multiple organs. Towering high transaminase levels in the severe form of the disease are unheard of till date. Thus we are going to present the story of a 32-yearmale, with an initial SGPT level of 3520 U/lit who came up with the diagnosis of leptospirosis and recovered due to timely initiation of antimicrobials and hemodialysis.

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Towering Levels of Transaminases; Acute Hepatitis versus Severe Leptospirosis: A Case with Review of Literature. (2018). Global Journal of Medical Research, 18(B3), 1-2. https://medicalresearchjournal.org/index.php/GJMR/article/view/1526

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