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
Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome: a known entity in an unknown provenance
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DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2021-242698
Abstract: A 49-year-old man was admitted with altered mental status, high-grade fevers, tachycardia and leucocytosis. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was purulent with a markedly elevated nucleated cell count with neutrophilic predominance, elevated protein and low glucose. CSF… read more here.
Keywords: hyperinfection syndrome; syndrome known; stercoralis hyperinfection; strongyloides stercoralis ... See more keywords
Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome with cerebral involvement
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DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2021-247032
Abstract: Strongyloidiasis is a disease caused by the intestinal helminth Strongyloides stercoralis. When the immune system of infected individuals is compromised, larvae may migrate from the gastrointestinal tract to other tissues, causing S. stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome,… read more here.
Keywords: hyperinfection syndrome; involvement; stercoralis hyperinfection; strongyloides stercoralis ... See more keywords
Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection in an unconscious diabetic patient with dermatomyositis
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DOI: 10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_734_16
Abstract: A case of Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection in a patient with dermatomyositis and diabetes mellitus is herein reported. The case was a 60-year-old female admitted due to watery diarrhea and unconsciousness. She had a 10-year history… read more here.
Keywords: strongyloides stercoralis; stercoralis hyperinfection; dermatomyositis; patient dermatomyositis ... See more keywords