Different patterns in a cohort of patients with severe leptospirosis (Weil Syndrome): Effects of an Educational Program in an Endemic Area

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 479-484

  Daher, Elizabeth F ^a   Silva Jr , Geraldo B ^a,b   Lima, Rafael S A ^c   Mota, Rosa M S ^a   Rocha, Hermano A L ^a   De Abreu, Krasnalhia Lívia S ^a   Barreto, Adller G C ^a   Pereira, Eanes D B ^a   Araújo, Sônia M H A ^a   Libório, Alexandre B ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OLIGURIA; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; BRAZIL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIL DISEASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052812820     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0080     Document Type: Article

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