Prolonged Leptospira Urinary Shedding in a 10-Year-Old Girl

Emilie Chow; Jaime Deville; Jarlath Nally; Michael Lovett; Karin Nielsen-Saines

doi:10.1155/2012/169013

Case Reports in Pediatrics (Jan 2012)

Prolonged Leptospira Urinary Shedding in a 10-Year-Old Girl

Emilie Chow,
Jaime Deville,
Jarlath Nally,
Michael Lovett,
Karin Nielsen-Saines

Affiliations

Emilie Chow: The Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, P.O. Box 951752, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1752, USA
Jaime Deville: The Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, P.O. Box 951752, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1752, USA
Jarlath Nally: The Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, P.O. Box 951752, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1752, USA
Michael Lovett: The Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, P.O. Box 951752, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1752, USA
Karin Nielsen-Saines: The Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, P.O. Box 951752, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1752, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/169013
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2012

Abstract

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We present a case of leptospirosis in a previously healthy girl following a trip to Costa Rica. While she was clinically asymptomatic, she had spirochetes cultured from her urine six weeks following her trip. Prolonged urinary shedding following infection with Leptospira is possible in humans and often has subtle manifestations in children.

Published in Case Reports in Pediatrics

ISSN: 2090-6803 (Print); 2090-6811 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pediatrics
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2920

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