Cholera gravis associated with acute renal failure in a traveler from Haiti to the United States

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 236-239

  Reyes Corcho, Andrés ^a   Pinsker, Richard W ^a   Sarkar, Samir ^a   Bagheri, Farshad ^a   Patel, Mahendra C ^a   Lam, Pablo ^a   González, Argentina ^a  

^a JAMAICA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Cholera; Diagnosis; Treatment; Vibrio cholera

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CREATININE; DOXYCYCLINE; POTASSIUM; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHOLERA; COLLAPSE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DETERIORATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES CULTURE; HAITI; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOVOLEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMNOLENCE; TACHYPNEA; UNITED STATES; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; UREMIA; URINE VOLUME; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHOLERA; FECES; FLUID THERAPY; HAITI; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; TRAVEL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1;

EID: 84870471136     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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