HUMAN EOSINOPHILIC ENTERITIS CAUSED BY DOG HOOKWORM ANCYLOSTOMA-CANINUM

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作者
PROCIV, P [1 ]
CROESE, J [1 ]
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[1] TOWNSVILLE GEN HOSP,TOWNSVILLE,QLD,AUSTRALIA
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10.1016/0140-6736(90)91186-E
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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An epidemic of eosinophilic enteritis (93 cases) has occurred in Townsville, northern Queensland, Australia. A hookworm was found attached to a resected, inflamed ileal segment from 1 patient but the species could not be identified. An adult hookworm of species Ancylostoma caninum was recovered at colonoscopy from the terminal ileum of a later patient. All of 38 patients interviewed in an epidemiological survey described behaviour which could have exposed them to infective larvae of this widespread dog parasite. © 1990.
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