Impact of clinical and laboratory findings on prognosis in leptospirosis

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 134, Issue 23-24, 2004, Pages 347-352

  Esen, Saban ^a   Sunbul, Mustafa ^a   Leblebicioglu, Hakan ^a   Eroglu, Cafer ^a   Turan, Derya ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Altered mental status; Leptospirosis; Mortality; Potassium; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 3242663319     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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