Respiratory manifestations of leptospirosis: A retrospective study

Lung

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 283-289

  Tattevin, P ^a   Leveiller G ^a   Flicoteaux, R ^a   Jaureguiberry S ^a   Le Tulzo, Y ^a   Dupont, M ^a   Arvieux, C ^a   Michelet, C ^a  

^a PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Emerging infection; Leptospirosis; Lymphopenia; Pulmonary manifestations; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

LIVER ENZYME; PENICILLIN G; PROTACTINIUM; PROTEIN;

ADULT; AMBIENT AIR; ANEMIA; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BREATHING; CELL COUNT; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CYANOSIS; DENSITOMETRY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; FISHING; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEADACHE; HEMATURIA; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MYALGIA; NEUTROPHILIA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; SWIMMING; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VOMITING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 26444483898     PISSN: 03412040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00408-004-2541-0     Document Type: Article

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