Hemorrhagic pulmonary leptospirosis: Three cases from the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 404-408

  Zavala Velázquez, Jorge ^a   Cárdenas Marrufo, María ^a   Vado Solís, Ignacio ^a   Cetina Cámara, Marco ^b   Cano Tur, José ^c   Laviada Molina, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b Hospital General O'Horan   (Mexico)

^c Hospital General del Instituto de Seguridad al Servicio de los Trabajadores del Estado (ISSSTE)   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Hemorrhagic pulmonary; Leptospirosis; Yucatan

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; DIURETIC AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MEXICO; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56049083553     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822008000400016     Document Type: Article

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