Hookworm infection presenting as recurrent severe anaemia requiring blood transfusion in a Pakistani migrant to Italy.

Authors :: Barbarisi, Giorgia
Piccica, Matteo
Zavagli, Martina
Bandini, Giulia
Lauria, Nicoletta Di
Antonelli, Alberto
Spinicci, Michele
Rossolini, Gian Maria
Bartoloni, Alessandro
Pignone, Alberto Moggi
Zammarchi, Lorenzo
Di Lauria, Nicoletta
Moggi Pignone, Alberto
Source :: Journal of Travel Medicine; Jan2022, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p1-2, 2p
Publication Year :: 2022
Abstract: Keywords: Ancylostoma spp; ancylostomiasis; video capsule EN Ancylostoma spp ancylostomiasis video capsule 1 2 2 01/24/22 20220101 NES 220101 A 41-year-old Pakistani man came to the emergency department for dyspnea and dyspepsia. Graph: Figure 1 class="chapter-para">Panels A-F: video capsule endoscopy visualization of adult hookworms. [Extracted from the article]

Subjects :: BLOOD transfusion
HOOKWORMS
DISEASE relapse
PAKISTANIS
ANEMIA
HOOKWORM disease
NEMATODES
ANIMALS
DISEASE complications

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