Outbreak of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome among Filipino Overseas Contract Workers Using Mebendazole for Helminthiasis Prophylaxis

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-

  Ajonuma, Louis C ^a   Chika, L Chuku ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b Lyceum Northwestern Dagupan Philippines   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; MEBENDAZOLE;

ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHILIPPINES; SEPTICEMIA; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME;

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MEBENDAZOLE; PHILIPPINES; STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME; TAIWAN; TRAVEL;

EID: 0033995115     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550003000139     Document Type: Letter

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