Leptospiral pneumonia.

Teglia, O F; Battagliotti, C; Villavicencio, R L; Cunha, B A · Chest · 1995

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Leptospirosis is an uncommon zoonosis. As a systemic infectious disease, leptospirosis usually is characterized by multisystem involvement. Pulmonary involvement with leptospirosis often is manifested by respiratory symptoms, but pneumonia commonly is not a prominent clinical manifestation of the illness. We report a case of fulminant leptospiral pneumonia in which pulmonary manifestations were primary clinical features of the illness.

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