Pulmonary cystic echinococcosis

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 257-261

  Santivanez, Saul ^a,b   Garcia, Hector H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b Instituto Peruano de Parasitologia Clinica y Experimental   (Peru)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NEUROLÓGICAS   (Peru)

Author keywords

Cestodes; Cystic echinococcosis; Echinococcus granulosus; Immunodiagnosis; Surgery; Tapeworms

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; BENZIMIDAZOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; OXFENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CYST; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; HAIR LOSS; HEMOPTYSIS; HERD; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEUKOPENIA; LIFE CYCLE; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG HYDATID CYST; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RUPTURE; SEROLOGY; STOMACH DISEASE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; DISEASE VECTORS; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, PULMONARY; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951091828     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e3283386282     Document Type: Review

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