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Leptospirosis in a British soldier after travel to Borneo
  1. Daniel S Burns1,2,
  2. K A Clay1,2 and
  3. M S Bailey1,3
  1. 1Department of Infection and Tropical Medicine, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK
  2. 2Army Medical Directorate, Camberley, UK
  3. 3Academic Department of Military Medicine, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham, UK
  1. Correspondence to Maj Daniel S Burns, Department of Infection and Tropical Medicine, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham B9 5ST, UK; danburns{at}doctors.org.uk

Abstract

Undifferentiated febrile illness in a returning soldier is a common problem encountered by serving medical officers. A 32-year-old soldier presented to Birmingham Heartlands Hospital with fever and acute kidney injury after return from Borneo. Leptospirosis was suspected and empirical antibiotics were started before subsequent confirmation by serology and PCR. Leptospirosis is common in South-East Asia, and troops exercising in jungle areas, and in the UK, are at risk. Advice, including inpatient management when appropriate, is available from the UK Role 4 Military Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Service.

  • INFECTIOUS DISEASES
  • TROPICAL MEDICINE

https://doi.org/10.1136/jramc-2015-000533

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors DSB, MSB and KAC wrote and edited the manuscript. MSB is the guarantor.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.