Acute Pulmonary Schistosomiasis

Acute pulmonary schistosomiasis affects non-immune individuals returning from endemic areas. Pathogenesis is not well understood. We report a case of acute pulmonary schistosomiasis in which lung biopsy was done 10 weeks after exposure and it identified the presence of schistosomal ovum surrounded b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Baharoon, SA, Al-Jahdali, HH, Bamefleh, HS, Elkeir, AM, Yamani, NM
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3162819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21887064
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.83539
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Sumario:Acute pulmonary schistosomiasis affects non-immune individuals returning from endemic areas. Pathogenesis is not well understood. We report a case of acute pulmonary schistosomiasis in which lung biopsy was done 10 weeks after exposure and it identified the presence of schistosomal ovum surrounded by granuloma.

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