Facial nerve palsy associated with leptospirosis

This case report describes the findings of a 27-year-old black male from Bahia, Brazil, who developed facial palsy during the convalescence phase of leptospirosis. The patient recovered without neurological sequel. This work calls attention to a possible association between leptospirosis and facial...

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Main Authors: Everaldo Costa, Edilson Sacramento, Antonio Alberto Lopes, José Carlos Bina
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2001
Subjects:
Leptospirosis
Facial palsy
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/4010c87b216e4b2a8b6462df940d050a
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:4010c87b216e4b2a8b6462df940d050a 2023-05-15T14:53:54+02:00 Facial nerve palsy associated with leptospirosis Everaldo Costa Edilson Sacramento Antonio Alberto Lopes José Carlos Bina 2001-04-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/4010c87b216e4b2a8b6462df940d050a EN eng Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822001000200011&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9849 1678-9849 https://doaj.org/article/4010c87b216e4b2a8b6462df940d050a Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 34, Iss 2, Pp 219-220 (2001) Leptospirosis Facial palsy Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2001 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T03:21:22Z This case report describes the findings of a 27-year-old black male from Bahia, Brazil, who developed facial palsy during the convalescence phase of leptospirosis. The patient recovered without neurological sequel. This work calls attention to a possible association between leptospirosis and facial palsy. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic
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topic Leptospirosis
Facial palsy
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
spellingShingle Leptospirosis
Facial palsy
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Everaldo Costa
Edilson Sacramento
Antonio Alberto Lopes
José Carlos Bina
Facial nerve palsy associated with leptospirosis
topic_facet Leptospirosis
Facial palsy
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
description This case report describes the findings of a 27-year-old black male from Bahia, Brazil, who developed facial palsy during the convalescence phase of leptospirosis. The patient recovered without neurological sequel. This work calls attention to a possible association between leptospirosis and facial palsy.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Everaldo Costa
Edilson Sacramento
Antonio Alberto Lopes
José Carlos Bina
author_facet Everaldo Costa
Edilson Sacramento
Antonio Alberto Lopes
José Carlos Bina
author_sort Everaldo Costa
title Facial nerve palsy associated with leptospirosis
title_short Facial nerve palsy associated with leptospirosis
title_full Facial nerve palsy associated with leptospirosis
title_fullStr Facial nerve palsy associated with leptospirosis
title_full_unstemmed Facial nerve palsy associated with leptospirosis
title_sort facial nerve palsy associated with leptospirosis
publisher Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
publishDate 2001
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op_source Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 34, Iss 2, Pp 219-220 (2001)
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