Severe pulmonary haemorrhage syndrome in leptospirosis in a returning traveller

Clinical presentation of leptospirosis ranges from asymptomatic infection to fulminant, life-threatening disease. Pulmonary involvement in terms of severe pulmonary haemorrhage syndrome (SPHS) has recently become a more frequently reported facet of leptospirosis and correlates with high mortality rates. It has not yet been described in returning German travellers. We present a case of a healthy young man developing massive pulmonary haemorrhage...