High serum nitric oxide levels in patients with severe leptospirosis

Acta Tropica

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 256-260

  Maciel, Elves A P ^a   Athanazio, Daniel A ^a,b   Reis, Eliana A G ^a   Cunha, Fernando Q ^c   Queiroz, Adriano ^a,b   Almeida, Deusdelia ^a,b   McBride, Alan J A ^a   Ko, Albert I ^a,d   Reis, Mitermayer G ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Leptospirosis; Nitric oxide; Pulmonary haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE SEVERITY; NITRIC OXIDE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SHOCK;

NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 33846594773     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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