Acute kidney failure in Association with boutonneuse fever: Description of three cases;Insuffisance rénale aiguë au cours de la fièvre boutonneuse méditerranéenne: Description de trois observations

Medecine Tropicale

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 58-60

  Skhiri, H ^a   Zellama, D ^a   Aloui, S ^a   Bouraoui, S ^a   Frih, M A ^a   Achour, A ^a   Ben Dhia, N ^a   ElMay, M ^a  

^a FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Acute kidney failure; Boutonneuse fever

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ARTICLE; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CASE REPORT; CYTOLYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LUNG DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ADULT; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RICKETTSIA CONORII;

ADULT; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 3543085577     PISSN: 0025682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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