Leptospirosis: An ignored cause of acute renal failure in Taiwan

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 840-845

  Yang, Chih Wei ^a,b   Pan, Ming Jeng ^a   Wu, Mai Szu ^a   Chen, Yu Ming ^a   Tsen, Yu Tang ^a   Lin, Chun Liang ^a   Wu, Cheng Hung ^a   Huang, Chiu Ching ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Interstitial nephritis; Leptospirosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BICARBONATE; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; INCIDENCE; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY TUBULE ACIDOSIS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PANCYTOPENIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAIWAN; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 0030734509     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-6386(97)90091-3     Document Type: Article

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