Co-infections due to leptospira, dengue and hepatitis E: A diagnostic challenge

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 048-050

  Behera, Bijayini ^a   Chaudhry, Rama ^a   Pandey, Anubhav ^a   Mohan, Anant ^a   Dar, Lalit ^a   Premlatha, Martha M ^a   Gupta, Ekta ^a   Broor, Shobha ^a   Aggarwal, Parveen ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Dengue; Hepatitis E; Leptospira

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DIURETIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; RAIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; DENGUE; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; FOOT EDEMA; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATOMEGALY; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PLEURA EFFUSION; BLOOD; DENGUE VIRUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY; LIVER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

LEPTOSPIRA;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEVER; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVER; MALE; RAIN; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76149085539     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.535     Document Type: Article

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