PENICILLIN AT THE LATE STAGE OF LEPTOSPIROSIS: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

Ano: 2003 | Volume: 45 | Número: 3

Autores: Everaldo COSTA, Antonio Alberto LOPES, Edilson SACRAMENTO, Yara Aragão COSTA, Eliana Dias MATOS, Marcelo Barreto LOPES, José Carlos BINA

Palavras-chave: leptospirosis, case-fatality rate, prognosis, death rate, penicillin, randomized clinical trial, weil´s disease

Resumo Inglês:

There is evidence that an early start of penicillin reduces the case-fatality rate of leptospirosis