Clinical and epidemiological features of 33 imported Strongyloides stercoralis infections

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 613-616

  Gonzalez Ana A ^a   Gallo, Marina ^b   Valls, M Eugenia ^a   Muñoz, Jose ^a   Puyol, Laura ^a   Pinazo, M Jesús ^a   Mas, Jordi ^a   Gascon, Joaquim ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hyperinfection syndrome; Immigrant; Immunocompromised host; Strongyloides stercoralis; Strongyloidiasis; Traveller

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MALE; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TRAVEL;

STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

EID: 77955552673     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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