Strongyloides infection in a cardiac transplant recipient: Making a case for pretransplantation screening and treatment

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 763-766

  Grover, Inderpreet S ^a   Davila, Rene ^a   Subramony, Charu ^a   Daram, Sumanth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IVERMECTIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUODENUM BIOPSY; DYSPNEA; EMPHYSEMA; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; HYPOXIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NAUSEA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCREENING TEST; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; VOMITING;

EID: 84855662869     PISSN: 15547914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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