Clinicopathological and immunohistochemical featuresof the severe pulmonary form of leptospirosis

Clinicopathological and immunohistochemical featuresof the severe pulmonary form of leptospirosis

Four cases of severe pulmonary form of leptospirosis (SPFL) are described. In all four of these blood culture proven cases, there was severe pulmonary injury characterized by alveolar hemorrhage and acute respiratory failure. Three patients died in less than 48 hours after onset of the first respira...

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Main Authors: João José Pereira da Silva, Marcos Olivier Dalston, Jorge Eduardo Manhães de Carvalho, Sérgio Setúbal, Janice Mery Chiarino de Oliveira, Martha Maria Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2002-08-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Leptospirosis
Weil's disease
Pulmonary hemorrhage
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