Volume 26, Number 3—March 2020
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis
Clinical Characteristics of Disseminated Strongyloidiasis, Japan, 1975–2017
Table 4
Characteristic | Dissemination | Occult dissemination with meningitis/enteric organisms | Occult dissemination with culture-negative suppurative meningitis |
---|---|---|---|
Involvement of larvae |
Confirmed (rhabditiform and filariform larvae) |
Confirmed (rhabditiform larvae) |
Confirmed (rhabditiform larvae) |
Involvement of enteric organisms | Confirmed | Confirmed | Not detected |
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