Literature DB >> 3159891

Fatal disseminated strongyloidiasis in an immunocompromised former war prisoner of the Japanese.

J B Stewart, B J Heap.   

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An ex-Far East prisoner of war (FEPOW) treated with corticosteroids for severe polymyositis died from multisystem strongyloidiasis and pyogenic meningitis. At necropsy larvae were widely disseminated in the lungs, liver, heart and brain.

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Year:  1985        PMID: 3159891     DOI: 10.1136/jramc-131-01-11

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J R Army Med Corps        ISSN: 0035-8665            Impact factor:   1.285


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1.  Corticosteroids and tuberculosis.

Authors:  B J Heap
Journal:  BMJ       Date:  1991-11-09
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