Acute renal failure caused by leptospirosis and Hantavirus infection in an urban hospital

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 264-268

  Sion, Michail L ^a,b   Hatzitolios, Apostolos I ^a   Armenaka, Melina C ^a   Toulis, Evangelos N ^a   Kalampalika, Dimitra ^a   Mikoudi, Kaliopi D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Disseminated intravascular coagulation; Hantavirus; Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome; Hypokalemia; Leptospirosis; Meningitis; Pneumonia; Thrombotic microangiopathy; Weil's disease

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PENICILLIN G;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANURIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FOLLOW UP; HANTAVIRUS; HEMATURIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOPROTHROMBINEMIA; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OLIGURIA; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PROTEINURIA; SEROLOGY; SURVIVAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0036285652     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0953-6205(02)00037-7     Document Type: Article

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