Copeptin as a predictor of disease severity and survival in leptospirosis

Journal of Infection

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-94

  Limper, Maarten ^a   Goeijenbier, Marco ^a   Wagenaar, Jiri F ^a   Gasem, Muhammad H ^b   Isbandrio, Bambang ^b   Kunde, Jan ^c   Hartmann, Oliver ^c   Duits, Ashley J ^d   Van Gorp, Eric C ^a  

^a SLOTERVAART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b DIPONEGORO UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC   (Germany)

^d Red Cross Blood Bank Curaçao ^*  (Netherlands Antilles)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARGIPRESSIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COPEPTIN; PENTRAXIN 3; PROCALCITONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LETTER; OSMOREGULATION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; SURVIVAL RATE; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; GLYCOPEPTIDES; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953810661     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2010.03.029     Document Type: Letter

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