Hemorrhagic pulmonary leptospirosis: three cases from the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico.
Three leptospirosis cases with lung involvement are reported from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. All three patients were admitted to the intensive care unit due to acute respiratory failure. Treatment with antibiotics resulted in favorable evolution despite the negative prognosis. Leptospirosis should be included in the differential diagnosis of patients with fever and lung involvement.
Zavala-Velázquez
Jorge
J
Unidad Interinstitucional de Investigación Clínica y Epidemiológica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, México. zavala@uady.mx
Cárdenas-Marrufo
María
M
Vado-Solís
Ignacio
I
Cetina-Cámara
Marco
M
Cano-Tur
José
J
Laviada-Molina
Hugo
H
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007921:Leptospira interrogans / Q000276:immunology; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D055815:Young Adult
D007074:Immunoglobulin G