Disseminated cysticercosis involving orbit, brain and subcutaneous tissue

Journal of Infection

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Pushker, Neelam ^a   Bajaj, Mandeep S ^a   Balasubramanya, R ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurocysticercosis; Orbit; Skin

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYSTICERCOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYSTICERCUS CELLULOSAE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT INFECTION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTICESTODAL AGENTS; CYSTICERCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; ORBITAL DISEASES; PREDNISOLONE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

EID: 29444447306     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.04.011     Document Type: Article

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