A retrospective study of 230 consecutive patients hospitalized for presumed travel-related illness (2000-2006)

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1137-1140

  Leroy, H ^a   Arvieux, C ^a   Biziragusenyuka, J ^a   Chapplain, J M ^a   Guiguen, C ^a   Michelet, C ^a   Tattevin, P ^a  

^a PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SHIGELLA; TRAVEL; TROPICAL DISEASE; TYPHOID FEVER; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 55549095126     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0555-x     Document Type: Article

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