Dissemination of strongyloides stercoralis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus after initiation of albendazole: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hunter, Catherine J ^a   Petrosyan, Mikael ^b   Asch, Morris ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; AZATHIOPRINE; CELECOXIB; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INFUSION FLUID; IVERMECTIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PREDNISONE; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DUODENITIS; ENDOSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESUSCITATION; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; URINALYSIS; VOMITING;

EID: 45749100968     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-2-156     Document Type: Article

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