Severe leptospirosis in hospitalized patients, Guadeloupe

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 331-334

  Herrmann Storck, Cécile ^a   Saint Louis, Magalie ^a   Foucand, Tania ^a   Lamaury, Isabelle ^a   Deloumeaux, Jacqueline ^a   Baranton, Guy ^b   Simonetti, Maurice ^a   Sertour, Natacha ^b   Nicolas, Muriel ^a   Salin, Jacques ^a   Cornet, Muriel ^b,c  

^a Guyane University   (Guadeloupe)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERAMYLASEMIA; HYPERTENSION; JAUNDICE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUNG AUSCULTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; GUADELOUPE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR ICTEROHAEMORRHAGIAE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 76149104582     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1602.090139     Document Type: Article

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