Fatal anaphylactic shock and Taenia Solium infestation: A possible link?

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 449-450

  Minciullo, Paola Lucia ^a   Spagnolo, Elvira Ventura ^b   Cascio, Antonio ^a   Cardia, Giulio ^b   Gangemi, Sebastiano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b School of Legal Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CLOT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH; EMPHYSEMA; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE; HEART EDEMA; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEREMIA; HYPERPLASIA; HYPERTROPHY; INFESTATION; INTESTINE LOOP; LARYNX EDEMA; LIVER VEIN; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY; STOMACH; TAENIA SOLIUM; TRACHEA MUCOSA; TRACHEA MUCUS; VEIN DILATATION; ANIMAL; CYSTICERCOSIS; FATALITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LETTER; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ALLERGEN;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMALS; CYSTICERCOSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 73349113983     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60371-7     Document Type: Letter

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