Strongyloides hyperinfection presenting as acute respiratory failure and gram-negative sepsis

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 3681-3684

  Newberry, Ashley M ^a   Williams, David N ^b   Stauffer, William M ^b,c   Boulware, David R ^b   Hendel Paterson, Brett R ^b   Walker, Patricia F ^c  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory failure; Disseminated strongyloides; Gram negative sepsis; Strongyloides stercoralis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IVERMECTIN; TIABENDAZOLE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; SUPERINFECTION;

EID: 28144446045     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.5.3681     Document Type: Article

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