Well's disease and necrotizing herpes simplex pneumonia as the cause of death in a 39-year-old sewerage worker

Pathologe

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 471-476

  Bek, M ^a   Koppl H ^a   Schwarzkopf, G ^a   Freudenberg, N ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Necrotizing herpes simplex pneumonia; Sewerage worker; Weil's disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSURANCE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; NECROSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; SEWAGE; WEIL DISEASE;

EID: 0030474580     PISSN: 01728113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002920050190     Document Type: Article

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