Leptospirosis and Weil's disease in Eastern India

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 532-536

  Basu, D ^a   Sarkar, P ^a,b   Chakraborty, N ^a,b   Chanda, P R ^a,b   Biswas, S ^a   Bera, A B ^a   Bhandari, B ^a   Saha, A K ^a  

^a NRS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b BANKURA SAMMILANI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Early recognition and treatment; Good prognosis; Leptospirosis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LEPTOSPIRA ANTIBODY; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GENDER; HUMAN; INFECTION; JAUNDICE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALAISE; MALE; MYALGIA; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; ARTICLE; HEPATOMEGALY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 4544362302     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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