Capillaria philippinensis: A cause of fatal diarrhea in one of two infected Egyptian sisters

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-60

  El Karaksy, Hanaa ^a,b   El Shabrawi, Mortada ^a   Mohsen, Nabil ^a   Kotb, Magd ^a   El Koofy, Nehal ^a   El Deeb, Nadia ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INFUSION FLUID;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAPILLARIA; CAPILLARIA PHILIPPENSIS; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; EGYPT; FATALITY; FATHER; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FISHERMAN; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; LEG EDEMA; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARENT; PATHOGENESIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPTIC SHOCK; SIBLING; VERNER MORRISON SYNDROME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARIA; CHILD; DIARRHEA; ENOPLIDA INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 1242298593     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/50.1.57     Document Type: Article

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