Giardia lamblia intestinalis: A new pathogen with possible link to Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease. An additional element in the disease jigsaw

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1180-1183

  Charalabopoulos, K ^a   Charalabopoulos, A ^a   Papadopoulou, C H ^b   Papalimneou, V ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c Larissa State Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Giardia lambia intestinals; Histiocytic necrotising lymphadenitis; Kikuchi Fujimoto disease

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KIKUCHI DISEASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REVIEW; SPLENOMEGALY; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HISTIOCYTIC NECROTIZING LYMPHADENITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODES; METRONIDAZOLE;

EID: 12344301879     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2004.00130.x     Document Type: Review

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