Strongyloides stercoralys as an unusual cause of COPD exacerbation;Strongyloides stercoralys: Una peculiar forma de exacerbación en la EPOC

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 451-453

  Ortiz Romero, María Del Mar ^a   Martínez, María Dolores León ^a   Pérez, María De Los Ángeles Muñoz ^a   Cuesta, Antonio Altuna ^a   Sánchez, Alfredo Cano ^a   Martínez, José Hernández ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

COPD; Enteric bacteria; Exacerbation; Strongyloides stercoralys

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPE; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EOSINOPHILIA; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

EID: 51549118717     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: 15792129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13125384     Document Type: Article

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