Leptospirosis in the tropics and in travelers

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-58

  Ricaldi, Jessica N ^b   Vinetz, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BACTERIN; CEFDINIR; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PENICILLIN G; TELITHROMYCIN;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAVEL; TROPICAL DISEASE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 31544452091     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-006-0035-3     Document Type: Review

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