Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection in an immunocompetent patient with extreme eosinophilia

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 759-760

  Marathe, A ^a   Date, V ^a  

^a Pranav Pathology Laboratory   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; DISEASE TREATMENT; INFECTIVITY; IVERMECTIN; NEMATODE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; EOSINOPHILIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INDIA; INSOMNIA; MALE; PELLAGRA; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; WEAKNESS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANIMALS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; DIARRHEA; EOSINOPHILIA; FECES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IVERMECTIN; LARVA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELLAGRA; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; SUPERINFECTION; VITAMIN B DEFICIENCY;

STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

EID: 47349104083     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1392R1.1     Document Type: Article

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