Assessment of frequency, transmission, and genitourinary complications of enterobiasis (pinworms)

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 837-840

  Burkhart, Craig N ^a,b   Burkhart, Craig G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; FENBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; MALATHION; MEBENDAZOLE; OXANTEL; PIPERAZINE CITRATE; PYRANTEL EMBONATE; PYRVINIUM EMBONATE;

AIRBORNE INFECTION; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CZECHOSLOVAKIA; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXPOSURE; EGG LAYING; ENTEROBIASIS; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; HABIT; HAND WASHING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INGESTION; LAPAROSCOPY; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PLASMA HALF LIFE; PREVALENCE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN ABSCESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; DENMARK; ENGLAND; ENTEROBIASIS; ENTEROBIUS; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; IVERMECTIN; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; MEBENDAZOLE; PREVALENCE; PYRANTEL PAMOATE; SWEDEN; THAILAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27544451968     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02332.x     Document Type: Article

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