Larva currens: The usefulness of the agar plate method

Dermatology

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 343-345

  Iwamoto, T ^a   Kitoh, M ^a   Kayashima, K ^b   Ono, Tomomichi ^b  

^a Kumamoto Orthopaedic Hospital   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agar plate method; Creeping eruption; Larva currens; Strongyloides stercoralis

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; PYRANTEL EMBONATE;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FECES CULTURE; HUMAN; LARVA MIGRANS; MALE; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; THIGH;

ADULT; AGAR; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

EID: 0031966820     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017910     Document Type: Article

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