Eosinophilic pneumonia due to visceral larva migrans possibly caused by Ascaris suum: A case report and review of recent literatures

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 428-432

  Izumikawa, Koichi ^a,b   Kohno, Yoshihisa ^a   Izumikawa, Kinichi ^a   Hara, Kohei ^a   Hayashi, Hiroko ^c   Maruyama, Haruhiko ^d   Kohno, Shigeru ^b  

^a Izumikawa Hospital   (Japan)

^b Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; GNATHOSTOMA DOLORESI; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THELAZIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ASCARIS SUUM; BIOPSY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; JAPAN; LARVA MIGRANS, VISCERAL; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PULMONARY EOSINOPHILIA; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053057966     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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