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Pulmonary complications of leptospirosis
Carlos Roberto Ribeiro Carvalho1, Eduardo P Bethlem
1Division of Respiratory Diseases, Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, Rua Maria Figueiredo 396, Apt. 141, CEP 04002-002, São Paulo, Brazil.
Clinics in Chest Medicine
|July 3, 2002
Abstract:
Leptospirosis is a worldwide disease. In this time of globalization knowledge about leptospirosis is important. Although pulmonary involvement has an incidence varying from 20% to 70% and its exteriorization may vary from mild to severe, The severe form appears to be becoming more prevalent (at least in Brazil) and may be associated with higher mortality.