Unusual presentation of urban leptospirosis complicated by a septic shock.

Georges El Hasbani; Sarmad Riaz Farooqui; Ahmad Kofahi; Yasir Saeed; Omar Tayeh; Mohammad Abu-Hishmeh; Herbeth Moran; Marcelo Troya-Maldonado; Rajan Khanna; Jean-Pierre Assaker; Richard Assaker

doi:10.1016/J.IDCR.2019.E00574

Unusual presentation of urban leptospirosis complicated by a septic shock.

Georges El Hasbani
, Sarmad Riaz Farooqui
, Ahmad Kofahi
, Yasir Saeed
, Omar Tayeh
, Mohammad Abu-Hishmeh
, Herbeth Moran
, Marcelo Troya-Maldonado
, Rajan Khanna
, Jean-Pierre Assaker
, Richard Assaker

American University of Beirut
Lincoln Hospital
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Brighton, Massachusetts, USA

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Original language	American English
Journal	IDCases
Volume	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.IDCR.2019.E00574
State	Published - Jan 1 2019
Externally published	Yes

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Medicine and Health Sciences
Dermatology

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