Strongyloides Hyperinfection Syndrome - An Unappreciated Opportunistic Infection

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1017-1019

  Sekhar, Uma ^a   Madan, Molly ^a   Ranjitham, Mary ^a   Abraham, Georgie ^a   Eapen, G ^a  

^a SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

ANIMALS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PREDNISOLONE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

EID: 0034302450     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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