Travel-related leptospirosis: A series of 15 imported cases

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 228-231

  Van De Werve, Charlotte ^a   Perignon, Alice ^b   Jauréguiberry, Stéphane ^b   Bricaire, François ^b   Bourhy, Pascal ^c   Caumes, Eric ^b  

^a Clinique Saint Pierre of Ottignies   (Belgium)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMOXICILLIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; FRESH WATER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; SPIRAMYCIN;

ADULT; AFRICA; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASIA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEMATURIA; HEMOPTYSIS; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIAN OCEAN; JAUNDICE; LEISURE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RAFTING; RASH; ROWING; RURAL AREA; SEROTYPE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRAVEL;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ASIA; CARIBBEAN REGION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84879800375     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12035     Document Type: Article

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