Case report. Leptospirosis presenting as severe rhabdomyolysis and pulmonary haemorrhage

Journal of Infection

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Turhan, Vedat ^a   Atasoyu, Enes Murat ^a   Kucukardali, Yasar ^a   Polat, Erdal ^b   Cesur, Tijen ^a   Cavuslu, Saban ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE; STREPTOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPHYXIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOXEMIA; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG INFILTRATE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; BLEEDING; FATALITY; LUNG DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; STREPTOMYCIN;

EID: 30944454062     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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