The Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction in a patient with leptospirosis: A foreseeable problem in managing spirochaete infections

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 197, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 276-277

  Markham, Ryan ^a   Slack, Andrew ^a   Gerrard, John ^a  

^a GOLD COAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PENICILLIN G; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HERXHEIMER REACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LETTER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PAIN; PHOTOPHOBIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RIGOR; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; DRUG COMBINATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RIGIDITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEVER; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PENICILLIN G; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 84868671401     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja11.11175     Document Type: Letter

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