Leptospirosis

Leptospirosis is an anthropozoonosis caused by spiral-shaped bacteria belonging to the genus Leptospira. Leptospirosis is a widespread zoonosis with a worldwide distribution and has emerged as a major public health problem in developing countries in South-East Asia and South America.

Proteinuria

Increased levels of protein in the urine.


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PMID (PMCID)
22218124
 MALE Adult
Massive proteinuria and autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: a rare coincidence.
Savaj S, Parvin M, Savoj J.
Iran J Kidney Dis. 2012;6(1):73-6.
He had a history of concurrent leptospirosis and brucellosis, and trace proteinuria and mild hypertension had been diagnosed 4 years earlier.
1602950
 MIXED_SAMPLE Adult
[Leptospirosis in French Polynesia: 120 case reports].
Gendron Y, Prieur J, Gaufroy X, Gras C.
Med Trop (Mars). 1992;52(1):21-7.
on the presence of which we must not based a diagnosis of leptospirosis: Biological renal syndrome displayed by transitory renal insufficiency with proteinuria, hematuria and leucocyturia.