First-glance diagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis autoinfection by stool microscopy

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1610-1611

  Sing, Andreas ^a   Leitritz, Lorenz ^a   Bogner, Johannes R ^a   Heesemann, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NEMATODA; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

EID: 0032895584     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.5.1610-1611.1999     Document Type: Article

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