Clinical presentation of leptospirosis: A retrospective study of 201 patients in a metropolitan city of Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-10

  Daher, Elizabeth F ^a   Lima, Rafael S A ^a   Silva Júnior, Geraldo B ^a   Silva, Eveline C ^a   Karbage, Nahme N N ^a   Kataoka, Raquel S ^a   Carvalho Júnior, Paulo C ^a   Magalhães, Max M ^a   Mota, Rosa M S ^a   Libório, Alexandre B ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clinical manifestations; Laboratory findings; Leptospirosis; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; CREATINE KINASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; UREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEADACHE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMATURIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY INJURY; LABORATORY TEST; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MYALGIA; PANCREATITIS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; URINALYSIS; VOMITING;

EID: 77954787115     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1413-8670(10)70002-7     Document Type: Article

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