Hemorragia pulmonar resultante de leptospirose

Mauro Razuk Filho; Cristina Schmitt Cavalheiro; José Víctor de Miranda Pedroso

doi:10.5327/z1984-4840201621876

Authors

Mauro Razuk Filho Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde – Sorocaba (SP), Brasil.
Cristina Schmitt Cavalheiro Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde – Sorocaba (SP), Brasil.
José Víctor de Miranda Pedroso Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde – Sorocaba (SP), Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5327/z1984-4840201621876

Keywords:

leptospirosis, hemorrhage, lung, respiratory distress syndrome, adult

Abstract

Leptospirosis is one of the most widespread zoonoses in the world, although the mechanisms responsible for the pathogenesis of spirochetes of the genus Leptospira are largely unknown. Human infection occurs either by direct contact with infected animals or indirectly, through contact with water or soil contaminated with urine, as the spirochetes easily penetrate human skin. The present report exposes the case of a female patient, diagnosed with leptospirosis after having had contact with a dog infected by Leptospira sp. that developed pulmonary hemorrhage, acute respiratory distress syndrome and acute renal failure.

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