Cardiovascular lesions in leptospirosis: An autopsy study

Journal of Infection

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 197-203

  Chakurkar, Girish ^a   Vaideeswar, Pradeep ^a   Pandit, Shobhana P ^a   Divate, Smita A ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Blood vessels; Heart; Leptospirosis; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIAL DISEASE; EPICARDIUM; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PETECHIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDIUM; PURPURA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 39549102418     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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