Clinical aspects, diagnosis and treatment of trichinellosis

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 471-482

  Pozio, Edoardo ^a   Gomez Morales, Maria Angeles ^a   Dupouy Camet, Jean ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Université R Descartes ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Benzimidazole; Eosinophilia; Foodborne disease; Human; Laboratory diagnosis; Myalgia; Parasite infection; Steroids; Trichinella; Trichinellosis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; BENZIMIDAZOLE; FLUBENDAZOLE; GLUCOCORTICOID; MEBENDAZOLE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PIN X; PREDNISONE; PYRANTEL; TIABENDAZOLE; VERMIFLU;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; COOKING; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MEAT; MUSCLE BIOPSY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS;

EID: 3042740569     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14787210.1.3.471     Document Type: Review

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