Acute Schistosomiasis: Report on Five Singular Cases

The cases of five patients with unusual manifestations of acute schistosomiasis mansoni are described in this paper. One patient developed skin lesions, three displayed diverse lung involvement, and one presented pyogenic liver abscesses caused by Staphylococcus aureus

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lambertucci JR, Rayes AAM, Barata CH, Teixeira R, Gerspacher-Lara R
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1997-01-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761997000500013