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Kidney Failure
Data on kidney failure detailed by L.S. Cruz and co-authors
June 16th, 2009
According to recent research from the United States, "Leptospirosis, a spirochetal zoonosis, is a globally re-emerging infectious disease that has disseminated from its habitual rural base to become the cause of urban epidemics in poor Communities of industrialized and developing nations. This review addresses the issues in the epidemiology, clinical features, and management of the disease, as well as progress made toward understanding the pathogenesis of leptospiral nephropathy." "In developing nations, leptospirosis plays an important role as a potentially preventable cause of acute renal failure. The data indicate that in certain developing regions, such as the city...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-06-16)
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