Severe Pulmonary Involvement in Leptospirosis : Alternate antibiotics and systemic steroids

Severe Pulmonary Involvement in Leptospirosis : Alternate antibiotics and systemic steroids

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....

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Main Authors: Jayakrishnan B, Fatma Ben Abid, Abdullah Balkhair, Juma K. Alkaabi, Omar A. Al-Rawas, Jojy George, Khalfan Al-Zeedy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sultan Qaboos University 2013-05-01
Series:Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal
Subjects:
leptospirosis
human ards
steroids
case report
oman.
Online Access:https://journals.squ.edu.om/index.php/squmj/article/view/1788

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