A case of sporadic Echinococcus granulosus infection originary from southern Germany

Infection

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-81

  Gruner B ^a   Kratzer, W ^a   Buttenschon K ^a   Kern, P ^a   Reuter, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LIVER ENZYME;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DYSPNEA; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER HYDATID CYST; MORPHOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; VOMITING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTICESTODAL AGENTS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS;

EID: 43049089404     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-007-6046-7     Document Type: Article

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