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.
Publication details
- DOI
- 10.18295/2075-0528.1474
- Journal
- Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 13(2), 318-322
- Publisher
- Sultan Qaboos University
- Open access
- Gold open access
- License
- CC BY-ND 4.0
Cite this article
APA 7
B, J., Ben Abid, F., Al-Kaabi, A., K., J., Al-Rawas, O. A., George, J., & Al-Zeedy, K. (2025). Severe Pulmonary Involvement in Leptospirosis: Alternate antibiotics and systemic steroids. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 13(2), 318-322. https://doi.org/10.18295/2075-0528.1474
MLA 9
B, Jayakrishnan, et al. "Severe Pulmonary Involvement in Leptospirosis: Alternate antibiotics and systemic steroids." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 13, no. 2, 2025, pp. 318-322. https://doi.org/10.18295/2075-0528.1474.
Chicago (author–date)
B, Jayakrishnan, Fatma Ben Abid, Abdullah Al-Kaabi, Juma K., Omar A. Al-Rawas, Jojy George, and Khalfan Al-Zeedy. 2025. "Severe Pulmonary Involvement in Leptospirosis: Alternate antibiotics and systemic steroids." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal 13 (2): 318-322. https://doi.org/10.18295/2075-0528.1474.
Harvard
B, J., Ben Abid, F., Al-Kaabi, A., K., J., Al-Rawas, O. A., George, J. and Al-Zeedy, K. (2025) 'Severe Pulmonary Involvement in Leptospirosis: Alternate antibiotics and systemic steroids', Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 13(2), pp. 318-322. doi:10.18295/2075-0528.1474.
Vancouver
B J, Ben Abid F, Al-Kaabi A, K. J, Al-Rawas OA, George J, et al. Severe Pulmonary Involvement in Leptospirosis: Alternate antibiotics and systemic steroids. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. 2025;13(2):318-322. doi:10.18295/2075-0528.1474
IEEE
J. B, F. Ben Abid, A. Al-Kaabi, J. K., O. A. Al-Rawas, J. George, and K. Al-Zeedy, "Severe Pulmonary Involvement in Leptospirosis: Alternate antibiotics and systemic steroids," Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 318-322, 2025, doi: 10.18295/2075-0528.1474.