Fulminant leptospirosis (Weil's disease) in an urban setting as an overlooked cause of multiorgan failure: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Maroun, Elias ^a   Kushawaha, Anurag ^a   El Charabaty, Elie ^a   Mobarakai, Neville ^a   El Sayegh, Suzanne ^a  

^a STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CASE REPORT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEVER; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA ICTEROHEMORRHAGICA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STEROID THERAPY; SUMMER; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 78651367250     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-5-7     Document Type: Article

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