A diagnosis of leptospirosis: a case report

Abstract

A male individual, aged 54, exhibited symptoms including fever, rigors, myalgia, dry cough, and dyspnea. Ten days prior, he provided a description of an ailment resembling an upper respiratory infection. The recorded body temperature measured 38.2⁰C. The physical examination findings included the presence of scleral icterus, jaundice, conjunctival hyperemia, extensive ecchymoses at multiple locations on the body, an antecubital hematoma, bilateral basal rales, hepatomegaly, and splenomegaly. The White Blood Cell Count (WBC) was measured to be 1.100/mm3, Hemoglobin (Hgb) level was found to be 11.8 g/dL, the platelet count was seen to be 10.000/mm3,