Leptospirosis in a Dutch catfish farm

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 201-204

  Kolwijck, E ^a,b   Dofferhoff, A S M ^a   van de Leur, J ^a   Meis, J F ^a,b  

^a CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Jarisch herxheimer; Leptospirosis; Outbreak; Rhabdomyolysis; Weil's disease

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATFISH; DIALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; FISHERMAN; HUMAN; INFESTATION; JAUNDICE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REHYDRATION; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; ULTRASOUND;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ANIMALS; CATFISHES; FISHERIES; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RATS; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

EID: 79955687131     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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