Worm burden in intestinal obstruction caused by Ascaris lumbricoides
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Date
1997
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Blackwell Scientific Publications
Abstract
Examination of 24 case reports suggests the worm burden in those presenting to hospital with intestinal obstruction is > 60 and is about tenfold higher in fatal cases.
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Indexed in MEDLINE
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Ascariasis-complications, Ascariasis-parasitology, Ascaris lumbricoides-isolation and purification, Intestinal Obstruction-etiology, Intestinal Obstruction-parasitology
Citation
Tropical Medicine and International Health. 1997; 2(2): pp.189-190