Percutaneous exposure resulting in laboratory-acquired leptospirosis - A case report

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1259-1262

  Sugunan, A P ^a   Natarajaseenivasan, K ^a   Vijayachari, P ^a   Sehgal, S C ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EXPOSURE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DOXYCYCLINE; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; LABORATORY INFECTION; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR AUSTRALIS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE;

EID: 11144220936     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45735-0     Document Type: Article

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