Visceral larva migrans syndrome complicated by liver abscess

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 324-325

  Rayes, Abdunnabi ^a   Teixeira, Daniela ^a   Nobre, Vandack ^a   Serufo, José C ^a   Gonçalves, Ronan ^b   Valadares, Laís ^b   Lambertucci, José R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Santa Casa Hospital   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; PIPERAZINE;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; ASCITES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LARVA MIGRANS, VISCERAL; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 0032802185     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365549950163699     Document Type: Article

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