Leptospirosis in a French traveler returning from Mauritius

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-71

  Simon, Fabrice ^a   Morand, Gabriel ^a   Roche, Céline ^a   Coton, Thierry ^a   Kraemer, Philippe ^a   Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^b   Gautret, Philippe ^a  

^a LAVERAN MILITARY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Timone Teaching Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FRANCE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MAURITIUS; PANCREAS DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRAVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; FRANCE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAURITIUS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84855506717     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00573.x     Document Type: Article

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