Anicteric leptospirosis and renal involvement [1]

Renal Failure

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 491-492

  Turhan, Vedat ^a   Atasoyu, Enes Murat ^a   Solmazgul, Emrullah ^a   Evrenkaya, Rifki ^a   Cavuslu, Saban ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; JAUNDICE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 22244474632     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JDI-65316     Document Type: Letter

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