Leptospirosis complicated by fatal intracerebral haemorrhage.

Abstract

Leptospirosis complicated by fatal intracerebral haemorrhageLeptospirosis is a potentially fatal bacterial disease that has tradi- tionally been associated with occupations such as mining and farming, in which the risk of contact with contaminated rodent urine is fairly high.'We describe a patient who contracted leptospirosis while on a walking holiday in the inner Hebrides.Despite early diagnosis and apparently successful initial treatment he died after a spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage.