Human leptospirosis in the Vicenza area (Italy) from 1990 to 2003: An epidemiological and clinical study

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 235-240

  Conti, Emma ^a   Lazzarini, Luca ^a   Reatto, Patrizia ^a   Tositti, Giulia ^a   De Lalla, Fausto ^a  

^a SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Epidemiology; Infection; Leptospirosis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART DISEASE; HERXHEIMER REACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; ITALY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SEROTYPE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLINS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 32644442734     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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