Funiculitis due to Schistosoma haematobium: Uncommon diagnosis using parasitologic analysis of semen

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-47

  Durand, F ^a   Brion, J P ^a   Terrier, N ^a   Pinel, C ^a   Pelloux, H ^a  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREDNISOLONE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FRANCE; FUNICULITIS; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PARASITOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SPERMATIC CORD; SYMPTOM; TESTIS; TRAVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; SPERM;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; TREMATODA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREDNISOLONE; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SEMEN; SPERMATIC CORD;

EID: 1542288979     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.70.46     Document Type: Article

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