Hemorrhagic pulmonary leptospirosis: three cases from the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico

Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2008 Jul-Aug;41(4):404-8. doi: 10.1590/s0037-86822008000400016.

Abstract

Three leptospirosis cases with lung involvement are reported from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. All three patients were admitted to the intensive care unit due to acute respiratory failure. Treatment with antibiotics resulted in favorable evolution despite the negative prognosis. Leptospirosis should be included in the differential diagnosis of patients with fever and lung involvement.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Female
  • Hemorrhage / diagnosis
  • Hemorrhage / drug therapy
  • Hemorrhage / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood
  • Leptospira interrogans / immunology
  • Leptospirosis / diagnosis*
  • Leptospirosis / drug therapy
  • Lung Diseases / diagnosis
  • Lung Diseases / drug therapy
  • Lung Diseases / microbiology*
  • Male
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin G