Leptospirosis and Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 967-968

  Takamizawa, S ^a   Gomi, H ^b   Shimizu, Y ^a   Isono, H ^a   Shirokawa, T ^a,b   Kato, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; LEVOFLOXACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; FEVER; HERXHEIMER REACTION; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); JAUNDICE; LEG DISEASE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA KIRSCHNERI SEROVAR GRIPPOTYPHOSA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; SEPSIS; SEROLOGY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VERNER MORRISON SYNDROME; COMPLICATION; HYPOTENSION; MALE; TRAVEL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; FEVER; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRAVEL;

EID: 84953384663     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcv077     Document Type: Article

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