Unusual presentation of leptospirosis in the late stage of pregnancy

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 73, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 429-432

  Gaspari, R ^a   Annetta, M G ^a   Cavaliere, F ^a   Pallavicini, F ^a   Grillo, R ^a   Conti, G ^a   Antonelli, M ^a   Tafani, C ^a   Proietti, R ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fever; Leptospirosis; Liver diseases; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMMONIA; AMPICILLIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CHOLINESTERASE; CREATININE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTULOSE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHOLESTASIS; CONFUSION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CRYOPRECIPITATE; EATING HABIT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; JAUNDICE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MYALGIA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SYMPTOM; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FEVER; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 34547863489     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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