A case report of pulmonary coinfection of Strongyloides stercoralis and Pneumocystis jiroveci

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 334-336

  Bava, A J ^a   Romero, M M ^a   Prieto, R ^a   Troncoso, A ^b  

^a Infectious Diseases Hospital   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

AIDS; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Pneumocystis jiroveci; Pulmonary coinfection; Pulmonary pneumocystosis; Strongyloides stercoralis; Wet mout examination

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; IVERMECTIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; AIDS PATIENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; COUGHING; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NEMATODE; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; COINFECTION; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COINFECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

EID: 83455186489     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60056-7     Document Type: Article

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