Pulmonary haemorrhage as a predominant cause of death in leptospirosis in Seychelles

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-76

  Yersin, Claude ^a,e   Bovet, Pascal ^a,b   Mérien, Fabrice ^c   Clément, Jan ^d   Laille, Manola ^c   Van Ranst, Marc ^d   Perolat, Philippe ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Seychelles)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle Caledonie Noumea   (New Caledonia)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e Hospital of Victoria   (Seychelles)

Author keywords

Case fatality; Leptospirosis; Pulmonary haemorrhage; Seychelles

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEYCHELLES; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIME;

EID: 0034000047     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90445-0     Document Type: Article

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