A case of probable mixed-infection with Clonorchis sinensis and Fasciola sp.: CT and parasitological findings

Korean Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-160

  Kim, Tae Yun ^a   Lee, Yun Sik ^a   Yun, Ji Hye ^a   Kim, Jeong Ju ^a   Choi, Won Hyung ^a   Oh, In Hwan ^a   Song, Hyun Ouk ^a   Chu, Jong Phil ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clonorchis sinensis; Co infection; Computed tomography; Entamoeba histolytica; Fasciola sp.

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL; TINIDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLONORCHIASIS; CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTICERCOSIS; DIARRHEA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MIXED INFECTION; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; SEROLOGY; SOUTH KOREA; VOMITING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KOREA; LIVER; LIVER ABSCESS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CLONORCHIASIS; CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EOSINOPHILIA; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; LIVER; LIVER ABSCESS; METRONIDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL; TINIDAZOLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954434684     PISSN: 00234001     EISSN: 17380006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2010.48.2.157     Document Type: Article

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