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| Provedor de dados: |
BJID
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
Cutaneous periumbilical purpura in disseminated strongyloidiasis in cancer patients: a pathognomonic feature of potentially lethal disease?
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| Autores: |
Salluh,Jorge I. F.
Bozza,Fernando A.
Pinto,Tatiana S.
Toscano,Luisa
Weller,Peter F.
Soares,Marcio
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| Data: |
2005-10-01
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| Ano: |
2005
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| Palavras-chave: |
Sepsis
Purpura
Cancer
Disseminated strongyloidiasis
Corticosteroids
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| Resumo: |
Cutaneous manifestations in disseminated strongyloidiasis are infrequent but should raise the suspicion for its diagnosis. We retrospectively evaluated the charts of six patients with cancer and a proven diagnosis of disseminated strongyloidiasis. All patients had received prophylaxis with albendazole before starting antineoplastic therapy, which included high-dose steroids. They presented with septic shock, acute respiratory failure and characteristic purpuric periumbilical skin lesions. Strongyloides larvae were identified in tracheal aspirates (n=5), gastric aspirates (n=4), lung (n=2) and skin biopsies (n=2). All patients died despite antihelminthic therapy and intensive care support.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702005000500010
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| Editor: |
Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
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| Relação: |
10.1590/S1413-86702005000500010
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| Formato: |
text/html
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| Fonte: |
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases v.9 n.5 2005
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| Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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