The kidney in leptospirosis

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2111-2120

  Abdulkader, Regina C R M ^a,c   Silva, Marcos Vinicius ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE INFECTOLOGIA EMÍLIO RIBAS   (Brazil)

^c Laboratorio de Fisiopatologia Renal   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Children; Leptospirosis; Pathophysiology; Recovery; Renal function; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CEPHEM DERIVATIVE; CREATININE; DOPAMINE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUROSEMIDE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN G SODIUM; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; AGE; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DENGUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIA; INFECTION RATE; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; JAUNDICE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALARIA; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OLIGURIA; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 55749110544     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-008-0811-4     Document Type: Review

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