Clinical presentation of leptospirosis: A retrospective study of 34 patients admitted to a single institution in metropolitan France

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 391-394

  Jaurefuiberry S ^a   Roussel, M ^a   Brinchault Rabin, G ^a   Gacouin, A ^a   Le Meur, A ^b   Arvieux, C ^a   Michelet, C ^a   Tattevin, Pierre ^a  

^a PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Emerging infection; Leptospirosis; Lymphopenia; Symptoms; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CREATININE; LIVER ENZYME; MACROLIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEVER; FRANCE; HEADACHE; HEMATURIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOST; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING;

EID: 17744387747     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01148.x     Document Type: Article

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