Plasma exchange in severe leptospirosis with multi-organ failure: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Leptospirosis presents with disease of variable severity; multi-organ failure can occur. In this situation, plasma exchange has been used with positive results, although the mechanism of action has not been fully explained. CASE PRESENTATION: A 67-year-old Caucasian man developed sever...

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Autores principales: Taylor, Dominic, Karamadoukis, Lazarus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3700770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23809518
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-7-169

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3700770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23809518
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-7-169

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