Leptospirosis in Taiwan - An underestimated infectious disease

Chang Gung Medical Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-115

  Yang, Chih Wei ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Leptospirosis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MENINGITIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; TAIWAN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUBULAR DYSFUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; PENICILLINS; TAIWAN;

EID: 34447119679     PISSN: 02558270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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