| Not your typical strongyloides infection: a literature review and case study. | |
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PMID: 16929879 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Strongyloides hyperinfection syndrome is one of several clinical manifestations of strongyloidiasis and has a mortality rate exceeding 85%. The syndrome is characterized by a high organism burden owing to autoinfection and is most common in immunocom-promised hosts. The recovery of multiple pathogens is likely due to a piggyback phenomenon that occurs when enteric pathogens are transferred to the bloodstream attached to Strongyloides larvae. Herein, we describe a case of Strongyloides hyperinfection syndrome with a novel feature in a 69-year-old Venezuelan man. To our knowledge, this is the first case of Strongyloides hyperinfection syndrome and Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia occurring simultaneously. Owing to its extremely high mortality rate, Strongyloides hyperinfection syndrome must be considered early in the differential diagnosis for respiratory failure when multiple pathogens are recovered in patients from endemic areas. |
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Authors:
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Elizabeth B Foreman; Philip J Abraham; Jeffrey L Garland |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Southern medical journal Volume: 99 ISSN: 0038-4348 ISO Abbreviation: South. Med. J. Publication Date: 2006 Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-08-25 Completed Date: 2006-09-15 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0404522 Medline TA: South Med J Country: United States |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 847-52 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
Affiliation:
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Division of Community Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA. |
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Aged Animals Antiparasitic Agents / therapeutic use Diagnosis, Differential Follow-Up Studies Humans Male Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / complications, diagnosis Strongyloides / isolation & purification* Strongyloidiasis / diagnosis*, drug therapy, parasitology |
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0/Antiparasitic Agents |
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