Central nervous system and eye manifestations of infection with Baylisascaris procyonis

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 307-313

  Shafir, Shira C ^a   Wise, Matthew E ^b   Sorvillo, Frank J ^b   Ash, Lawrence R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE;

BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS; BRAIN BIOPSY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; EYE DISEASE; EYE INFECTION; FECES; HUMAN; LARVA; LASER COAGULATION; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEMATODE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; RACCOON; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; WORM EGG;

EID: 33746094295     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-006-0076-7     Document Type: Review

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