Acute febrile respiratory reaction after praziquantel treatment during asymptomatic late form of acute schistosomiasis

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 264-267

  Neumayr, Andreas L C ^a   Tschirky, Beatrice ^b   Warren, Ashley ^a   Hatz, Christoph F R ^a   Blum, Johannes A ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Praxis Am Chreisel ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE PLUS FORMOTEROL; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; HEMATURIA; HERXHEIMER REACTION; HUMAN; MACROHEMATURIA; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; COUGH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMICIDES;

EID: 84863659120     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2012.00626.x     Document Type: Article

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