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The Worm that Clogs the Lungs: Strongyloides Hyper-Infection Leading to Fatal Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Patient: Male, 70 Final Diagnosis: Acute respiratory failure Symptoms: Cough • fever • lethargy Medication: — Clinical Procedure: — Specialty: Critical Care Medicine OBJECTIVE: Rare co-existance of disease or pathology BACKGROUND: Strongyloides stercoralis is an intestinal helminth. Parasitism is ca...

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Autores principales: Nnaoma, Christopher, Chika-Nwosuh, Ogechukwu, Engell, Christian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6439959/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30898993
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/AJCR.914640

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