Acute Lung Injury in Leptospirosis: Clinical and Laboratory Features, Outcome, and Factors Associated with Mortality
Open Access
- 1 December 1999
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 29 (6), 1561-1563
- https://doi.org/10.1086/313501
Abstract
Forty-two consecutive patients with leptospirosis and acute lung injury who were mechanically ventilated were analyzed in a prospective cohort study.Keywords
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