Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal (May 2013)

Severe Pulmonary Involvement in Leptospirosis : Alternate antibiotics and systemic steroids

  • Jayakrishnan B,
  • Fatma Ben Abid,
  • Abdullah Balkhair,
  • Juma K. Alkaabi,
  • Omar A. Al-Rawas,
  • Jojy George,
  • Khalfan Al-Zeedy

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 2
pp. 318 – 322

Abstract

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Pulmonary complications in leptospirosis, though common, are often unrecognized in a non-endemic area. We report here a patient with leptospirosis and severe pulmonary involvement who was treated with meropenem (1 g every 8 hours), moxifloxacin (400 mg once daily), and high doses of corticosteroids. Systemic steroids were continued for 3 months because of persistent pulmonary lesions.

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