Acute leptospirosis in children in Reunion island: A retrospective review of 16 cases;Leptospiroses de l'enfant à l'île-de-la-Réunion: À propos de 16 cas

Archives de Pediatrie

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1344-1348

  Agesilas F ^a   Gey, F ^b   Monbrunt, A ^a   Combes, J C ^a   Llanas, B ^c   Schlossmacher, P ^a   Gauzere B A ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier Departemental Felix Guyon   (France)

^b Service des Urgences et SMUR   (France)

^c BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Child; Leptospirosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECG ABNORMALITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA ICTEROHEMORRHAGICA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA SEJROE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REUNION; SCHOOL CHILD; SERUM; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR CANICOLA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR ICTEROHAEMORRHAGIAE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MENINGITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REUNION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WEIL DISEASE;

EID: 23944493795     PISSN: 0929693X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2005.04.084     Document Type: Article

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