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PRO/AH/EDR> Leptospirosis – South Africa (03): (WC) fatal, prison, rat infestation, comment

Leptospirosis -- South AfricaThe National Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa was requested by the Department of Correctional services to assist with investigation and management of leptospirosis that had been identified in 2 awaiting trial prisoners in a facility in the Western Cape Province, South Africa.The diagnosis had been made by an astute physician, who suspected leptospirosis when a 1st patient from Pollsmoor Prison presented with overwhelming sepsis, disseminated intravascular Read more [...]