Donor-derived fatal hyperinfection strongyloidiasis in renal transplant recipient
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DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00703
Abstract: Strongyloides stercoralis is a nematode, endemic in tropical and subtropical areas. Strongyloidiasis has been reported in recipients of hematopoietic stem cells, kidney, liver, heart, intestine, and pancreas, eventually presenting as disseminated strongyloidiasis and hyperinfection syndrome… read more here.
Keywords: transplant recipient; renal transplant; strongyloidiasis; hyperinfection ... See more keywords
Successful Treatment of Strongyloides stercoralis Hyperinfection in a Kidney Transplant Recipient: Case Report.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2018.02.019
Abstract: Strongyloides stercoralis (SS) can cause hyperinfection and disseminated infection in immunosuppressed individuals, with risk of mortality. We report the case of a cadaveric kidney transplant recipient who developed gastrointestinal symptoms and eosinophilia, approximately 3 months… read more here.
Keywords: strongyloides stercoralis; kidney transplant; transplant recipient; hyperinfection ... See more keywords
Terminal ileum resection as a trigger for Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection and ensuing serial sepsis in a 37-year-old patient with complicated Crohn's disease: a case report.
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DOI: 10.1055/a-0578-9799
Abstract: The nematode Strongyloides stercoralis, outside the tropics and subtropics present in small endemic foci, can cause an infection after direct skin contact with contaminated soil containing infective filariform larvae and, rarely, after intimate interhuman contact… read more here.
Keywords: strongyloides stercoralis; disease; hyperinfection; stercoralis hyperinfection ... See more keywords
Strongyloid Hyperinfection in a Patient with Immunocompromised Chronic Kidney Disease
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DOI: 10.4103/ijn.ijn_290_16
Abstract: Strongyloid hyperinfection is seen in immunocompromised individuals with underlying lung disease. The use of immunosuppressive drugs is an important risk factor. We report a case of IgA nephropathy with crescent, started on glucocorticoid and mycophenolate… read more here.
Keywords: immunocompromised chronic; patient immunocompromised; disease; hyperinfection ... See more keywords