Human leptospirosis: Management and prognosis

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 201-204

  Kobayashi, Y ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial agen; Chemotherapy; Leptospirosis; Management; Prognosis; Weil's disease

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFEPIME; CEFOZOPRAN; CEFPIROME; CEPHEM; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; MINOCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEPTOSPIROSIS;

HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 28844492188     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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