Comparative study of the in-hospital case-fatality rate of leptospirosis between pediatric and adult patients of different age groups

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-24

  Lopes, Antonio Alberto ^a,b,e   Costa, Everaldo ^c,d   Costa, Yara Aragão ^d   Sacramento, Edilson ^c,d   De Oliveira Jr , Antonio Ralph Ribeiro ^a,b   Lopes, Marcelo Barreto ^a,b   Lopes, Gillete Barreto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b San Rafael Hospital   (Brazil)

^c Salvador BA   (Brazil)

^d ESCOLA BAHIANA DE MEDICINA E SAÚDE PÚBLICA   (Brazil)

^e Esc Bahiana de Med e Saude Publica ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Case Fatality Rate; Group; Leptospirosis; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 1542410205     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652004000100004     Document Type: Article

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