Report of three children with leptospirosis in rural area of the East of Turkey

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-60

  Kurtoǧlu, Muhammed Güzel ^a   Tuncer, Oǧuz ^a   Bozkurt, Hamza ^a   Çaksen, Hüseyin ^a   Berktas, Mustafa ^a   Ceylan, Ebubekir ^a   Kirimi, Ercan ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abscess; Brain; Child; Leptospirosis; Spleen; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; LACTULOSE; LEVODOPA; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PHENOBARBITAL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONVULSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEPATIC COMA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPTICEMIA; SPIROCHETE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNCONSCIOUSNESS; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; PENICILLIN G; RURAL POPULATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TURKEY; ZOONOSES;

EID: 17544402767     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.201.55     Document Type: Article

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