An emerging infectious cause of renal impairment in the UK

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Fhogartaigh, Caoimhe Nic ^a   Newsholme, William ^a   Kinirons, Mark ^a   Tong, William ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CREATININE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTION; HEADACHE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUTROPHILIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; SEROLOGY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNITED KINGDOM; URINALYSIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 81455155166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.06.2011.4326     Document Type: Article

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