Chylous Ascites as the Main Clinical Symptom of a Strongyloides stercoralis Infection in an Immigrant from Bosnia-Herzegovina

Extraintestinal strongyloidiasis is rare in patients without immunosuppression. We describe the first case of chylous ascites as a result of strongyloidiasis. Alcohol cessation, diuretic therapy and repeated paracentesis did not lead to improvement of refractory chylous ascites with positive nucleic...

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Autores principales: Antonitsch, Lukas, Penz, Daniela, Ferlitsch, Arnulf
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SMC Media Srl 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9728212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36506743
http://dx.doi.org/10.12890/2022_003603

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9728212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36506743
http://dx.doi.org/10.12890/2022_003603

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