Gnathostomiasis without eosinophilia led to a 5-year delay in diagnosis [3]

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 196-

  Slevogt, Hortense ^a   Grobusch, Martin P ^b   Suttorp, Norbert ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FEVER; GNATHOSTOMA SPINIGERUM; GNATHOSTOMIASIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARVA MIGRANS; LETTER; MALAISE; MYIASIS; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; THAILAND; TOXOCARA CANIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TROPICS;

EID: 0038540323     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2003.35669     Document Type: Letter

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