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Leptospirosis is a common and widespread zoonosis caused by aerobic, motile spirochetes of the genus Leptospira. Etiology Leptospira spp. are thin, helix-shaped members of the phylum Spirochaetes. There are 22 species identified within the genus Leptospira , and these are…

Infectious Complications of Corticosteroid Therapy

Corticosteroids play a key role in the management of many neoplastic, autoimmune, allergic, and autoinflammatory disorders. Corticosteroids are used for their lympholytic and antiinflammatory effects during infection, for example, to prevent airway obstruction during croup or Epstein-Barr virus−associated tonsillitis, or…