Leptospirosis: Pulmonary hemorrhage in a returned traveller

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 183, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Leung, Victor ^a   Luong, Me Linh ^a   Libman, Michael ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COUGHING; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALAISE; MALARIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; NOSE SMEAR; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROAT CULTURE; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955156610     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.092203     Document Type: Article

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