{"title":"[Leptospirosis with isolated cardiac manifestations].","authors":"J J Douvier, L Ledain, P Besse","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A case of leptospirosis with isolated myocardial involvement is reported. Diagnostic problems set by this uncommon clinical picture are considered. The cause of the increase in CPK and MBCPK concentrations, reflecting myolysis, is discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":18005,"journal":{"name":"La semaine des hopitaux : organe fonde par l'Association d'enseignement medical des hopitaux de Paris","volume":"60 10","pages":"701-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1984-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"La semaine des hopitaux : organe fonde par l'Association d'enseignement medical des hopitaux de Paris","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A case of leptospirosis with isolated myocardial involvement is reported. Diagnostic problems set by this uncommon clinical picture are considered. The cause of the increase in CPK and MBCPK concentrations, reflecting myolysis, is discussed.