An unusual cause of hemoptysis in a child: Live leech in the posterior pharynx

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 208-210

  Bulent, Alioglu ^a   Ilknur, Ozkan ^a   Beray, Selver ^a   Tulin, Catakli ^a   Ulku, Tiras ^a   Yildiz, Dallar ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LEECH; PARASITOLOGY; PHARYNX; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; LEECHES; METRONIDAZOLE; PHARYNX;

EID: 77957676783     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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