Snowflakes in August: Leptospirosis Hemorrhagic Pneumonitis

Am J Med. 2017 Jan;130(1):e9-e11. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.07.015. Epub 2016 Aug 16.

Authors

Vasanth Sathiyakumar¹, Nishant P Shah¹, Ashwini Niranjan-Azadi¹, Jessica Tao¹, Allison Tsao¹, Isabella W Martin², Daniel J Brotman¹, Annukka A R Antar³

Affiliations

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md.
² Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md. Electronic address: aantar1@jhmi.edu.

PMID: 27542609
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.07.015

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Drug Therapy, Combination
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Hemorrhage / microbiology*
Hemorrhage / physiopathology
Humans
Leptospira / isolation & purification
Leptospirosis / diagnostic imaging*
Leptospirosis / drug therapy*
Leptospirosis / pathology
Pneumonia, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging*
Pneumonia, Bacterial / drug therapy*
Pneumonia, Bacterial / microbiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents