title: Leptospiral pneumonia.
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.
authors.affiliation: Epidemiology and Radiology Department, Sanatorio Parque, Rosario, Argentina.
authors.forename: O F
authors.initials: OF
authors.lastname: Teglia
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Battagliotti
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Villavicencio
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Cunha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D041341:Leptospira interrogans serovar canicola; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*