Emerging imported parasitoses in Italy

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 58-60

  Romano, Clara ^a   Albanese, Giancarlo ^b   Gianni, Claudia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antihelminthic agents; Creeping eruption; Myiasis; Tungiasis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; TIABENDAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORDILOBIA ANTHROPOFAGA; CRYOTHERAPY; DERMATOBIA; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIZZINESS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FURUNCULAR MYIASIS; FURUNCULOSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ITALY; LARVA MIGRANS; MALE; MYIASIS; NAUSEA; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN INCISION; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TRAVEL; TUNGIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LARVA MIGRANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYIASIS; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRAVEL;

EID: 0442282026     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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