A young adult with leptospirosis associated acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy

Abstract

Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease that commonly affects the liver and kidney. It can rarely affect the neurological system with aseptic meningitis being the commonest neurological presentation. We present the case of a patient with leptospirosis complicated by acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. Contribution: To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy as a complication of leptospirosis in South Africa.

Keywords

• aidp
• leptospirosis
• guillain-barré syndrome
• polyneuropathy
• post infectious