Ascaris lumbricoides in neonate: evidence of congenital transmission of intestinal nematodes Ascaris lumbricoides em neonato: evidências da transmissão congênita de nematóides intestinais

Clinical and epidemiological study of a forty-days-old infant with a diarrheic condition and insufficient development led to the coprological diagnosis of ascariasis and possible congenital infection. Specific treatment with levamizole, resulted in clinical and parasitological cure, in addition to g...

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Main Authors: Leda Maria da Costa-Macedo, Luís Rey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1990-10-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651990000500007