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ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2025

Lung Involvement in Patients with Leptospirosis in Tropical Australia; Associations, Clinical Course and Implications for Management.

Adam Sykes, Simon Smith, Hayley Stratton, Megan Staples, Patrick Rosengren, Anna Brischetto, Stephen Vincent, Josh Hanson

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Adam SykesDepartment of Medicine, Cairns Hospital, Cairns, QLD 4870, Australia.
Simon SmithDepartment of Medicine, Cairns Hospital, Cairns, QLD 4870, Australia.
Hayley StrattonDepartment of Medicine, Cairns Hospital, Cairns, QLD 4870, Australia.
Megan StaplesLeptospirosis Reference Laboratory, Coronial and Public Health Sciences, Brisbane, QLD 4108, Australia.ORCID 0009-0009-7842-8457
Patrick RosengrenSchool of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD 4870, Australia.ORCID 0009-0000-5567-6102
Anna BrischettoLeptospirosis Reference Laboratory, Coronial and Public Health Sciences, Brisbane, QLD 4108, Australia.
Stephen VincentDepartment of Medicine, Cairns Hospital, Cairns, QLD 4870, Australia.
Josh HansonDepartment of Medicine, Cairns Hospital, Cairns, QLD 4870, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1423-3839

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lung involvement in patients with leptospirosis is associated with a more complicated disease course. However, the demographic and clinical associations of lung involvement are incompletely defined, and its optimal management is uncertain. This retrospective study examined consecutive patients admitted to a referral hospital in tropical Australia, with laboratory-confirmed leptospirosis between January 2015, and June 2024. Lung involvement was defined as new lung parenchymal changes on chest imaging at any point during the patients' hospitalisation. The demographics, clinical findings and clinical course of the patients with and without lung involvement were compared. The median (interquartile range (IQR)) age of the 109 patients was 39 (24-56) years; 93/109 (85%) were male. Lung involvement was present in 62/109 (57%), 55 (89%) of whom had no documented comorbidities. Patients with lung involvement received antibiotics later in their disease course than those without lung involvement (after a median (IQR) of 5 (4-6) versus 3 (2-5) days of symptoms,

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clinical managementcritical careleptospirosislung diseasepathophysiologypulmonary haemorrhagetropical medicine

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PMCPMC12737544

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