Leptospirosis after a vacation in Thailand;Leptospirose nach Thailand-aufenthalt

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 131, Issue 27, 2006, Pages 1521-1524

  Steffens, Frank ^a   Landwehrs, A ^a   Goke M N ^a  

^a Chefarzt F Anasthesiologie I   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hemoptysis; Leptospirosis; M. Weil; Tropical disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LIVER ENZYME; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN INJURY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THAILAND; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GERMANY; TRAVEL;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GERMANY; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; THAILAND; TRAVEL;

EID: 33746533818     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-947788     Document Type: Article

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