Hematospermia due to schistosome infection in travelers: Diagnostic and treatment challenges

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1420-1424

  Schwartz, Eli ^a,b   Pick, Neora ^c   Shazberg, Gila ^d   Potasman, Israel ^c  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d BIKUR CHOLIM HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEMOSPERMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRAVEL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BLOOD; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; MALE; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEMEN; TRAVEL;

EID: 0036903183     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/344063     Document Type: Article

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