Leptospirosis as a cause of acute respiratory failure: clinical features and outcome in 35 critical care patients
Leptospirosis may have important complications, such as acute respiratory failure (ARF) associated or not with other organic dysfunction, with a high mortality rate. We report the characteristics and evolution of severe leptospirosis associated with ARF. During 10 years, 35 consecutive adult patient...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2002-01-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702002000300006 |