Strongyloides hyperinfection syndrome presenting as enterococcal meningitis in a low-endemicity area

Virulence

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 468-470

  Bamias, Giorgos ^a   Toskas, Aggelos ^a   Psychogiou, Mina ^a   Delladetsima, Ioanna ^a   Siakavellas, Spyros I ^a   Dimarogona, Kiriaki ^a   Daikos, George L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Enterococcus faecalis; Hyperinfection syndrome; Immunosuppression; Meningitis; Strongyloides

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; AMPICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NEUTROPHILIA; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; STRONGYLOIDES;

EID: 78249260011     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/viru.1.5.12703     Document Type: Article

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