Strongyloides as a Cause of Fever of Unknown Origin
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Strongyloides as a cause of fever of unknown origin.
Strongyloides is endemic in parts of the United States. Most often it is asymptomatic but it has a wide range of clinical presentations. Because of the unusual capacity of strongyloides for autoinfection, it can cause hyperinfection, when it effects the pulmonary and gastrointestinal systems, or disseminated infection, when other organs are involved. Both hyperinfection and disseminated strongy...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1557-2625,1558-7118
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2012.03.110101