Brain and lung metastasis of alveolar echinococcosis in a refugee from a hyperendemic area

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1420-1423

  Tappe, Dennis ^a,b   Weise, David ^c   Ziegler, Uwe ^b   Müller, Andreas ^b   Müllges, Wolfgang ^c   Stich, August ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Medical Mission Hospital   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM; MANNITOL;

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ADULT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AMPLICON; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUBERCULOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS REACTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; GLIOMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LIVER HYDATID CYST; LIVER TUMOR; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LESION; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; SEIZURE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; TENDON REFLEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BRAIN; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, PULMONARY; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEES;

EID: 55549110785     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/002816-0     Document Type: Article

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