Detection and treatment of Strongyloides hyperinfection syndrome following lung transplantation: Case report

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-154

  Balagopal, Aruna ^a   Mills, L ^a   Shah, A ^a   Subramanian, A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Helminthiasis post transplant; Lung transplantation infections; Post transplant infections; Solid organ transplant infections; Strongyloides stercoralis; Strongyloidiasis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; AZITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DACLIZUMAB; ETHAMBUTOL; IVERMECTIN; MEROPENEM; MOXIFLOXACIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; SUPERINFECTION; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 64249168903     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2009.00375.x     Document Type: Article

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