Iatrogenic Trichuris suis infection in a patient with Crohn disease
Iatrogenic Trichuris suis infection in a patient with Crohn disease
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United States: College of American Pathologists
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English
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United States: College of American Pathologists
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We report a case of biopsy-proven iatrogenic infection by the pig whipworm Trichuris suis in a patient with Crohn disease. The deliberate therapeutic ingestion of T suis ova has been adopted as an experimental approach to the treatment of Crohn disease in an effort to promote a switch from the T helper subtype 1 to T helper subtype 2 inflammatory p...
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Iatrogenic Trichuris suis infection in a patient with Crohn disease
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_67950860
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_67950860
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0003-9985
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1543-2165
DOI
10.5858/2006-130-718-itsiia
