Pulmonary amoebiasis presenting as superior vena cava syndrome

Thorax

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 350-352

  Lichtenstein, A ^a   Kondo, A T ^a   Visvesvara, G S ^b   Fernandez, A ^a   Paiva, E F ^a   Mauad, T ^a   Dolhnikoff, M ^a   Martins, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LIVER; LUNG AMEBIASIS; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; ANIMAL; BRAIN ABSCESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY;

ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; BRAIN ABSCESS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 16844365225     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.021014     Document Type: Article

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