Pulmonary anisakiasis presenting as eosinophilic pleural effusion

Respirology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 261-262

  Saito, Wakana ^a   Kawakami, Kenji ^a,c   Kuroki, Reiki ^a   Matsuo, Hidenori ^a   Oishi, Kazunori ^b   Nagatake, Tsuyoshi ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGASAKI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anisakis simplex; Pleural effusion; Pulmonary anisakiasis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ANISAKIASIS; ANISAKIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILIC PLEURAL EFFUSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LARVA; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ANISAKIASIS; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANISAKIASIS; ANISAKIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION;

EID: 18344371180     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2005.00643.x     Document Type: Article

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