Intestinal and disseminated strongyloidosis: Two case studies;Strongyloïdose intestinale et disséminée: À propos de deux cas

Annales de Pathologie

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 322-326

  Pusztaszeri, Marc ^a,b   Bouzourene, Hanifa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autoinfection; Disseminated strongyloidiasis; Hyperinfection; Intestinal strongyloidiasis; Strongyloides stercoralis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISSEMINATED STRONGYLOIDIASIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROPATHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL STRONGYLOIDIASIS; MORTALITY; RARE DISEASE; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

EID: 27944473320     PISSN: 02426498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0242-6498(05)80137-3     Document Type: Article

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