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Jojy George

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Severe Pulmonary Involvement in Leptospirosis: Alternate antibiotics and systemic steroids

Jayakrishnan B, Fatma Ben Abid, Abdullah Al-Kaabi et al. · Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal · 2025 · 10.18295/2075-0528.1474

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 w …

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