Human infection by Angiostrongylus costaricensis in Venezuela: First report of a confirmed case

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 197-200

  Incani, Renzo Nino ^a   Caleiras, Eduardo ^b   Martín, Milena ^b   González, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^b Hospital Metropolitano del Norte   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Abdominal angiostrongyliasis; Angiostrongylus costaricensis; Eosinophilia, eosinophilic ileocolitis; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; CECUM; CELL INFILTRATION; COLON CANCER; CREATININE CLEARANCE; ECHOGRAPHY; EGG; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ILEUM RESECTION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTESTINAL BLEEDING; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTESTINE WALL; JEJUNUM; LARVA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPH NODE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PERITONITIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SERODIAGNOSIS; URINALYSIS; VENEZUELA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 34447281246     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652007000300012     Document Type: Article

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