Leptospirosis in a returned traveller: Isolation of a new Leptospira serovar

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 716-717

  Korman, T M ^a,e   Globan, M S ^b   Smythe, L D ^c   Street, A C ^d  

^a AIDS Unit Fairfield Infect Diseases Hospital   (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^c WHO COLLABORATING CENTRE FOR REFERENCE AND RESEARCH ON INFLUENZA   (Australia)

^d FAIRFIELD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; INFECTION RISK; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; RIGOR;

EID: 0031416025     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1997.tb01011.x     Document Type: Article

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