Severe acute renal failure in a child: A rare complication of anicteric leptospirosis

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1971-1974

  da Silva, Paulo Sérgio Lucas ^a,c   Lipinski, Rubens Wolfe ^a   Magalhães, Roberta Penha Paiva ^a   Romero, Eliete Calo ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DO SERVIDOR PÚBLICO ESTADUAL DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Child; Intensive care unit; Leptospirosis and renal failure

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; FUROSEMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PENICILLIN G; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; OLIGURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UREMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CREATINE KINASE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; RATS; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 34848816199     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-007-0547-6     Document Type: Article

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