Neuroleptospirosis: Unexplored & overlooked

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-128

  de Souza, Alexandre Leite ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INFECTOLOGIA EMÍLIO RIBAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CD14 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTHRITIS; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MANIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PANCREATITIS; PERICARDITIS; PSYCHOSIS; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEPSIS; SHOCK; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; ZOONOSIS;

HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 33749495484     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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