Usefulness of ultrasound in sub-Saharan patients with a serological diagnosis of schistosomiasis.

Nerea Castillo-FernándezManuel Jesús Soriano-PérezAna B Lozano-SerranoJosé C Sánchez-SánchezAntonio Villarejo-OrdóñezJosé A Cuenca-GómezJosé Vázquez-VillegasMaría I Cabeza-BarreraJoaquín Salas-Coronas

Published in: Infection (2021)

For those patients with a diagnosis of schistosomiasis based solely in a positive serology, the ultrasound examination could safely be spared due to the low prevalence of pathological findings and its response to treatment anyway.

Keyphrases

magnetic resonance imaging
risk factors
neuropathic pain
contrast enhanced ultrasound
computed tomography
spinal cord injury
combination therapy
spinal cord