Demographic and clinical features of leptospirosis: Three-year experience in central Taiwan

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-150

  Lin, Po Chang ^a   Chi, Chih Yu ^a   Ho, Mao Wang ^a   Chen, Chin Ming ^b   Ho, Cheng Mao ^a   Wang, Jen Hsein ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TUNGS' TAICHUNG METROHARBOR HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Leptospirosis; Leukocytosis; Lung; Taiwan; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA SANTAROSAI; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYALGIA; OUTPATIENT CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; SEX RATIO; TAIWAN; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 48649086183     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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