Severe pulmonary involvement in leptospirosis: Alternate antibiotics and systemic steroids

B. Jayakrishnan; Fatma Ben Abid; Abdullah Balkhair; Juma K. Al-Kabbi; Omar A. Al-Rawas; Jojy George; Khalfan Al-Zeedy

doi:10.12816/0003241

Severe pulmonary involvement in leptospirosis: Alternate antibiotics and systemic steroids

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

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	318-322
Number of pages	5
Journal	Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal
Volume	13
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.12816/0003241
Publication status	Published - May 2013

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Case report
Human ARDS
Leptospirosis
Oman
Steroids

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