Strongyloides hyperinfection in a patient with sarcoidosis

Respirology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 105-106

  Almasidou, Despina ^a   Maniatis, Maria ^a   Vassiou, Katerina ^a   Damani, Eleni ^a   Vakalis, Nikolaos ^a   Fesoulidis, Ioannis ^a   Gourgoulianis, Kostas Ioannou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Eosinophilia; Sarcoidosis; Strongyloides hyperinfection

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TIABENDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EOSINOPHILIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG EXAMINATION; NEMATODIASIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SPLENOMEGALY; STEROID THERAPY; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STEROIDS; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; SUPERINFECTION; THIABENDAZOLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346783419     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.2003.00429.x     Document Type: Article

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