Cerebral gnathostomiasis as a cause of an extended intracranial bleeding

Klinische Padiatrie

Volumn 215, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 223-225

  Germann, Roger ^a   Schachtele M ^a   Nessler G ^a   Seitz, U ^a   Kniehl, E ^a  

^a STÄDTISCHES KLINIKUM KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Cerebral bleeding; Gnathostomiasis; Mycotic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IVERMECTIN; PARASITE ANTIBODY; TIABENDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DISEASE COURSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; GNATHOSTOMA SPINIGERUM; GNATHOSTOMIASIS; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; PARASITOSIS; THAILAND; THELAZIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GNATHOSTOMA; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; PARESIS; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0041332827     PISSN: 03008630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-41401     Document Type: Article

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