Leptospirosis of the lung presenting with crazy-paving pattern: Correlation between the high-resolution CT and pathological findings

Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 887-891

  Marchiori, Edson ^a,c,d,e   Gasparetto, Taisa Davaus ^a,c   Escuissato, Dante L ^a,b   Zanetti, Gláucia ^a,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b Rua General Carneiro   (Brazil)

^c University Fluminense   (Brazil)

^d PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crazy paving pattern; High resolution CT; Leptospirosis; Pulmonary haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYANOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART ARREST; HEMOPTYSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTUBATION; LEG PAIN; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; OXYGEN THERAPY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RIGOR; SEROTYPE; THIGH; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 60849121755     PISSN: 08732159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s2173-5115(08)70316-6     Document Type: Article

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