Intestinal obstruction in a 3-year-old girl by ascaris lumbricoides infestation: Case report and review of the literature

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 94, Issue 16, 2015, Pages

  Andrade, Angel Medina ^a   Perez, Yeudiel ^a   Lopez, Cecilia ^a   Collazos, Stephanie Serrano ^a   Andrade, Alejandro Medina ^b   Ramirez, Grecia Ortiz ^b   Andrade, Laura Medina ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

^c HOSPITAL DE ESPECIALIDADES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; BLOATING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIARRHEA; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INTESTINE DISTENSION; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NUTRITIONAL INTOLERANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; VOMITING; WORM EXPULSION; ANIMAL; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; COMPLICATION; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84929660866     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000000655     Document Type: Article

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