Leptospirosis in a family after whitewater rafting in Thailand;Leptospirose familiale après rafting en Thaïlande

Revue Medicale Suisse

Volumn 11, Issue 470, 2015, Pages 872-876

  Gallardo, C ^a   Williams Smith, J ^a   Jaton, K ^a,b   Asner, S ^a   Cheseaux, J J ^c   Troillet, N ^c   Manuel, O ^a   Berthod, D ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c Centre hospitalier du Valais romand   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM; DOXYCYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY; HERXHEIMER REACTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LEPTOSPIROSIS; RAFTING; THAILAND; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; RECREATION; RIVER; TRAVEL; ZOONOSES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMS; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; RECREATION; RIVERS; THAILAND; TRAVEL; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84928107249     PISSN: 16609379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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