Three common presentations of ascariasis infection in an urban Emergency Department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 135-139

  Valentine, Carla C ^a   Hoffner, Richard J ^a   Henderson, Sean O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascariasis; Human; Loeffler's syndrome; Parasitic infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME; MEBENDAZOLE; OXYGEN; PETHIDINE; PROCHLORPERAZINE; SALBUTAMOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; COLIC; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; INFANT; LOS ANGELES; MALE; PULMONARY EOSINOPHILIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035125076     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(00)00300-0     Document Type: Article

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