Strongyloides hyperinfection syndrome in British veterans

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-148

  Robson, D ^a   Beeching, N J ^a   Gill, V ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; HUMAN; HYPERINFECTION SYNDROME; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEMATODIASIS; ORGANIZATION; POLYMYOSITIS; PRISONER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGAPORE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STRONGYLOIDES; TROPICAL DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERAN; WAR; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAR EAST; FATALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; SUPERINFECTION;

STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAR EAST; FATAL OUTCOME; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PRISONERS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; SUPERINFECTION; VETERANS; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 61849106972     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485909X385009     Document Type: Article

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