Clear as mud

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 352, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 1914-1918

  Kaul, Daniel R ^a,d   Flanders, Scott A ^b,c   Saint, Sanjay ^b  

^a METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; PREDNISONE; TAZOBACTAM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CREATININE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EHRLICHIOSIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; URINE CULTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPTOSPIRA; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCLE DISEASE; PAIN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CREATININE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PAIN; PREDNISONE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING;

EID: 18244384229     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcps042340     Document Type: Review

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