Shiga toxin producing E coli bloodstream infection secondary to Strongyloides penetration through intestinal mucosa

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  St Cyr, Sancta ^a   Nagpal, Avish ^a   Sohail, Muhammad Rizwan ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; IVERMECTIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CASE REPORT; COLITIS; COLONOSCOPY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMIGRATION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LAOS; MEDICAL HISTORY; NAUSEA; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNITED STATES; VOMITING;

EID: 84886683499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-200728     Document Type: Article

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