Dicrocoelium dendriticum infection in a patient with Crohn's disease

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 571-573

  Schweiger, Franzjosef ^a,b   Kuhn, Magdalena ^a  

^a MONCTON HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dicrocoelium dendriticum; Lancet fluke; Liver fluke

Indexed keywords

ARTHROTEC; AZATHIOPRINE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; INFLIXIMAB; IRON; MESALAZINE; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DICROCOELIUM; DICROCOELIUM DENDRITICUM; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ILEUM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE STENOSIS; IRON THERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MALE; PERIANAL ABSCESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMATODIASIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORM EGG;

EID: 49449098502     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/912791     Document Type: Article

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