A child with chronic cough and eosinophilia secondary to Strongyloides stercoralis infection

Affiliations

¹ Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
² Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

Guy Hazan et al. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2022 Oct.

. 2022 Oct;57(10):2562-2564.

doi: 10.1002/ppul.26048. Epub 2022 Jul 12.

¹ Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
² Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: TB; asthma and early wheeze; infections: pneumonia; viral.

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