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- Leptospirosis can present with a wide range of symptoms, from mild flu-like illness to severe, life-threatening conditions involving liver and kidney failure along with bleeding issues.
- In the reported cases, common symptoms included fever, swelling, respiratory problems, and bleeding tendencies.
- Out of four cases discussed, three patients recovered while one did not survive, highlighting the severity of the disease, particularly in the context of an ongoing epidemic in the area.
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Leptospirosis has a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations varying, from inapparent influenza like illness to fulminant fatal disease with hepato-renal dysfunction and hemorrhagic phenomena. Our cases had fever, puffiness, respiratory distress and bleeding diathesis as leading manifestations. Leptospirosis was suspected in view of epidemic situation prevailing in the city. We report four cases here, three of which survived and one died.
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