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

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 is unheard of till date. Thus we are going to present the story of a 32 year male, with 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.

How to Cite

Omkarr De Hazra, Rajdeep Basu, Sukalpa Chaudhuri, & Soumitra Ghosh. (2018). Towering Levels of Transaminases; Acute Hepatitis versus Severe Leptospirosis: A Case with Review of Literature. Global Journal of Medical Research, 18(B3), 1–2. Retrieved from https://medicalresearchjournal.org/index.php/GJMR/article/view/1526

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

Published

2018-05-15