Leptospirosis and dengue fever: A predictive model for early differentiation based on clinical and biochemical parameters

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 100-102

  Varma, Muralidhar D ^a   Vengalil, Seena ^b   Vallabhajosyula, Saraschandra ^c   Krishnakumar, Prashant C ^a   Vidyasagar, Sudha ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Bangalore Medical College and Research Center   (India)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; bacterial infection; viral infection

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMYLASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; DIFFERENTIATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; JAUNDICE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; MORTALITY; OLIGURIA; PREDICTIVE MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; ASIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIRUS INFECTION;

ASIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; VIRAL INFECTION;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADULT; DENGUE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84900538442     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049475513515212     Document Type: Article

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