IBD LIVE Case Series-Case 4: Worms in IBD: Friend or Foe

Abhishek Gulati1, Kofi Clarke, Julia B Greer

  • 1*Gastroenterology Fellow II, Division of Gastroenterology, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; †Clinical Associate Professor, Temple University School of Medicine, Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Celiac Center; Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; ‡Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; §Professor of Medicine, Clinical and Translational Science, Co-Director of the IBD Center, Director of Translational IBD Research, Director of Nutrition Support Service, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; ‖Clinical Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine; ¶Medical Director, Shoreline Surgery Endoscopy Center, Connecticut Gastroenterology Consultants, New Haven, Connecticut; **Clinical Director, Section of Gastroenterology, Boston Medical Center; ††Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; ‡‡Associate Professor, Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland; §§Associate Professor of Medicine, Director Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; ‖‖Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Division of General/Oncological Gastrointestinal Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; ¶¶Assistant Professor of Pathology, Department of Pathology, Division of Anatomic Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and ***Professor of Medicine, Asso

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