Acute respiratory distress syndrome complicating strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection

International Journal of Gerontology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-55

  Tsai, Ming Ju ^a   Wu, Tzung Shiun ^a   Tsai, Kun Bow ^b   Chen, Huang Chi ^b   Hwang, Jhi Jhu ^a,c   Huang, Ming Shyan ^a,c  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

acute respiratory distress syndrome; bronchoscopy; pneumonia; sepsis; Strongyloides stercoralis

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; IVERMECTIN; PIPERACILLIN; TAZOBACTAM;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLON BIOPSY; CONTINUOUS HEMODIAFILTRATION; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKALEMIA; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYURIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SHOCK; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; THORAX PAIN; UROSEPSIS;

EID: 79953225847     PISSN: 18739598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijge.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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