Leptospirosis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 1-8

  Farr, R Wesley ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBODY; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; CREATININE; DNA; DOXYCYCLINE; ENDOTOXIN; ENZYME; FLUOROURACIL; GLOBULIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PENICILLIN G; PROTHROMBIN; TETRACYCLINE; UREA; VITAMIN K GROUP;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; BIOPSY; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEPTOSPIROSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROTYPE; URINE CULTURE; VACCINATION;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTICS; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0029039511     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/21.1.1     Document Type: Article

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