Abdominal angiostrongyliasis: Report of two cases with different clinical presentations

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 339-341

  Rodriguez, Rubens ^a   Dequi, Roberta Martins ^a   Peruzzo, Lucas ^a   Mesquita, Paulo Moacir ^a   Garcia, Errol ^a   Fornari, Fernando ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PASSO FUNDO   (Brazil)

^b UPF   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abdominal angiostrongyliasis; Acute abdomen; Angiostrongylus costaricensis; Eosinophilia; Liver

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ABDOMINAL ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEUM DISEASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERFORATION; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEAL DISEASES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LIVER DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 58049196625     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652008000600005     Document Type: Article

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