Diagnostic issues of acute schistosomiasis with Schistosoma mekongi in a traveler: A case report

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 322-325

  Clerinx, Jan ^a   Cnops, Lieselotte ^a   Huyse, Tine ^a,b   Tannich, Egbert ^c   Van Esbroeck, Marjan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CAMBODIA; CAMBODIAN; CASE REPORT; CHINA; COLIC; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY TEST; LAOS; MALARIA; MALE; NIGHT SWEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMA MEKONGI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPLENOMEGALY; TRAVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; DNA, HELMINTH; EOSINOPHILIA; FECES; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883455314     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12040     Document Type: Article

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