An unusual presentation of alveolar haemorrhage

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 337-339

  Román Vélez, Jesús M ^a   Martínez Camacho, Ruth N ^a   Alayón Laguer, Diógenes ^a   Fernández González, Ricardo ^a   Reyes Sosa, Raul ^a   Santos Llanos, Glorimar ^a   Colón Pérez, Miguel ^a   Ferrer, Dimas ^a  

^a San Juan City Hospital   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Alveolar haemorrhage; Disseminated strongyloidiasis; Immunocompetent; Pneumonia; Strongyloides stercoralis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; IVERMECTIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHEEZING;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

EID: 72149128427     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2009.00049     Document Type: Article

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