Prognostic factors associated with severe leptospirosis

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 299-300

  Doudier, B ^a   Garcia, S ^b   Quennee, V ^b   Jarno, P ^b   Brouqui, Philippe ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^b Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Leptospirosis; Prognostic factors; Risk factors; Severe disease; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FRENCH POLYNESIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LUNG DISEASE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OLIGURIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS;

EID: 33644772531     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01335.x     Document Type: Editorial

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