Leptospirosis (Weils disease) in Augsburg: Report of three cases and review;Leptospirose (Morbus Weil) in Augsburg: Drei Fälle und ein Überblick

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 135, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 675-678

  Walter, B ^a   Wein, B ^a   Bittinger, M ^a   Messmann, H ^a  

^a Zentralklinikum Augsburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Differential diagnosis; Fever; Hepatitis; Jaundice; Leptospira interrogans; Leptospirosis; Thrombocytopenia; Weils disease

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; NITROGEN; PENICILLIN G; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PNEUMONIA; SEROLOGY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRAVEL; WEIL DISEASE;

EID: 77950484860     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: 14394413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1251916     Document Type: Article

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