Leptospirosis with pulmonary hemorrhage, caused by a new strain of serovar lai: Langkawi

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 379-382

  Wagenaar, Jiri F P ^a   De Vries, Peter J ^a   Hartskeerl, Rudy A ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS LANGKAWI; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; TRAVEL;

EID: 10344260639     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2004.19208     Document Type: Article

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