Strongyloides hyperinfection syndrome after heart transplantation: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 905-911

  Schaeffer, Michael W ^a   Buell, Joseph F ^a   Gupta, Manish ^a   Conway, Ginger D ^a   Akhter, Shahab A ^a   Wagoner, Lynne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; IVERMECTIN; MEPREDNISONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; TIABENDAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PARASITOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STRONGYLOIDES HYPERINFECTION SYNDROME; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

EID: 3242661515     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2003.06.008     Document Type: Article

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