Autochthonic and imported severe leptospirosis in southern Switzerland;Endemische und importierte schwere leptospirose (Morbus Weil) in der Sudschweiz

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 130, Issue 41, 2000, Pages 1487-1492

  Bernasconi, E ^a   Gayer, R ^a   Busolini, E ^a   Mombelli, G ^a  

^a Ospedale Civico Lugano   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Jaundice; Leptospirosis; Renal failure; Weil's disease

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANURIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LAPAROTOMY; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MYALGIA; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SWITZERLAND; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; ENGLISH ABSTRACT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PAIN; RENAL DIALYSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SWITZERLAND; TRAVEL; WEIL DISEASE;

EID: 0034649211     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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