Leptospirosis in pregnancy

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2491-2496

  Puliyath, G ^a   Singh, S ^a  

^a SUT Academy of Medical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; FATTY LIVER; FETUS DISEASE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NATURAL DISASTER; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; URBAN AREA; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 84869133364     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-012-1625-7     Document Type: Review

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