Weil's disease: An unusually fulminant presentation characterized by pulmonary hemorrhage and shock

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 336-340

  Spichler, A ^a   Moock, M ^a   Chapola, E G ^b   Vinetz, Joseph M ^c  

^a Pedreira Geral Hospital   (Brazil)

^b Zoonosis and Tropical Diseases Laboratory   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemorrhage; Shock; Weil's disease

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PARACETAMOL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEMOPTYSIS; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MYALGIA; OLIGURIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VOMITING;

EID: 31344476094     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 14138670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702005000400011     Document Type: Article

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