Diagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis in a Peritoneal Effusion from an HIV-Seropositive Man: A Case Report

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-214

  Hong, In S ^a   Zaidi, Syed Y ^b   McEvoy, Peter ^c   Neafie, Ronald C ^c  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

^c ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV seropositivity; Peritoneal effusion; Strongyloides stercoralis; Strongyloidiasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; TIABENDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EFFUSION; EOSINOPHILIA; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTESTINE WALL; LARVA; LEG EDEMA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARACENTESIS; PARTHENOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; SYMPTOM;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NEGIBACTERIA; NEMATODA; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

EID: 1642381867     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326318     Document Type: Article

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