Asymptomatic Schistosoma haematobium Infection in a Traveler with Negative Urine Microscopy and Late Seroconversion Presumably Linked to Artemisinin

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 326-328

  Martínez Calle, Nicolás ^a   Pascual, Ignacio ^a   Rubio, Manuel ^a   Carias, Rafael ^a   Del Pozo, José Luis ^a   Yuste, José Ramõn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLADDER BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CYSTOSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; TRAVEL; URINALYSIS; URINE MICROSCOPY; UROLITHIASIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ARTEMISININS; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CYSTOSCOPY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMANS; MALE; MALI; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84883444897     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12043     Document Type: Article

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