Massive pleural effusion due to paragonimiasis: Biochemical, cytological, and parasitological findings

Massive pleural effusion due to paragonimiasis: Biochemical, cytological, and parasitological findings

Paragonimiasis is an important food-borne parasitic zoonosis caused by trematode species of the genus, Paragonimus occurring in many parts of the world except in Australia and Antarctica. In India, it is an emerging parasitic disease, which is endemic in the northeast states where people have a comm...

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Main Authors: Takhellambam Shantikumar Singh, Hiromu Sugiyama, Chultin Lepcha, Satish Kumar Khanna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
Subjects:
Paragonimiasis
Paragonimus ova
pleural effusion
praziquantel
thoracocentesis
Online Access:http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2014;volume=57;issue=3;spage=492;epage=494;aulast=Singh

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