Endoscopic and histopathologic findings of Strongyloides stercoralis infection in a patient with AIDS

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 928-931

  Overstreet, Kerith ^a   Chen, Jaime ^b   Rodriguez, Jessica Wang ^b   Wiener, Gregory ^b  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; IVERMECTIN; NAPROXEN; RITONAVIR; SAQUINAVIR; TENOFOVIR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DUODENOSCOPY; DUODENUM BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPY; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALAISE; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

ANIMALS; DUODENOSCOPY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

EID: 0348135025     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(03)02280-6     Document Type: Article

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