The use of prednisone in the treatment of trichineliosis

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 537-539

  Shimoni, Zvi ^a   Klein, Zeev ^a   Weiner, Paltiel ^b   Assous, Marc Victor ^c   Froom, Paul ^d  

^a LANIADO HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Pork; Prednisone; Symptoms; Trichinellosis; Worsening

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; CREATINE KINASE; MEBENDAZOLE; PREDNISONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG SAFETY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEVER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; ISRAEL; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MYALGIA; ORBIT EDEMA; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS; VOMITING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; DRUG COMBINATION; EOSINOPHIL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MEAT; PARASITOLOGY; STATISTICS; SWINE;

ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CREATINE KINASE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EOSINOPHILS; FEVER; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAT; MEBENDAZOLE; PATIENT READMISSION; PREDNISONE; SWINE; TRICHINOSIS;

EID: 34547574393     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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