A Case of Hyperinfection with Strongyloides Stercoralis in an Immunosuppressed Patient

We experienced a case of hyperinfection with strongyloides stercoralis in a 64-year-old housewife who complained of severe epigastric pain associated with nausea, vomiting and general weakness for the period of one month. She received corticosteroid therapy for several months because of arthritis pr...

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Autores principales: Kim, Yu Kyung, Kim, Hyang, Park, Young Chul, Lee, Man Ho, Chung, Eul Soon, Lee, Sang Jong, Kim, Myung Sook
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Association of Internal Medicine 1989
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4534981/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2486847
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.1989.4.2.165
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author Kim, Yu Kyung
Kim, Hyang
Park, Young Chul
Lee, Man Ho
Chung, Eul Soon
Lee, Sang Jong
Kim, Myung Sook
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Kim, Hyang
Park, Young Chul
Lee, Man Ho
Chung, Eul Soon
Lee, Sang Jong
Kim, Myung Sook
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description We experienced a case of hyperinfection with strongyloides stercoralis in a 64-year-old housewife who complained of severe epigastric pain associated with nausea, vomiting and general weakness for the period of one month. She received corticosteroid therapy for several months because of arthritis prior to admission. The diagnosis was confirmed by examination of gastroduodenal juice and gastrofiberoscopic biopsy. Stool examinations disclosed an abundance of the adult form of strongyloides stercoralis. Albendazole was given for treatment. The patient expired on the 79th hospital day.
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spelling pubmed-45349812015-10-02 A Case of Hyperinfection with Strongyloides Stercoralis in an Immunosuppressed Patient Kim, Yu Kyung Kim, Hyang Park, Young Chul Lee, Man Ho Chung, Eul Soon Lee, Sang Jong Kim, Myung Sook Korean J Intern Med Case Report We experienced a case of hyperinfection with strongyloides stercoralis in a 64-year-old housewife who complained of severe epigastric pain associated with nausea, vomiting and general weakness for the period of one month. She received corticosteroid therapy for several months because of arthritis prior to admission. The diagnosis was confirmed by examination of gastroduodenal juice and gastrofiberoscopic biopsy. Stool examinations disclosed an abundance of the adult form of strongyloides stercoralis. Albendazole was given for treatment. The patient expired on the 79th hospital day. Korean Association of Internal Medicine 1989-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4534981/ /pubmed/2486847 http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.1989.4.2.165 Text en Copyright © 1989 The Korean Association of Internal Medicine This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Kim, Yu Kyung
Kim, Hyang
Park, Young Chul
Lee, Man Ho
Chung, Eul Soon
Lee, Sang Jong
Kim, Myung Sook
A Case of Hyperinfection with Strongyloides Stercoralis in an Immunosuppressed Patient
title A Case of Hyperinfection with Strongyloides Stercoralis in an Immunosuppressed Patient
title_full A Case of Hyperinfection with Strongyloides Stercoralis in an Immunosuppressed Patient
title_fullStr A Case of Hyperinfection with Strongyloides Stercoralis in an Immunosuppressed Patient
title_full_unstemmed A Case of Hyperinfection with Strongyloides Stercoralis in an Immunosuppressed Patient
title_short A Case of Hyperinfection with Strongyloides Stercoralis in an Immunosuppressed Patient
title_sort case of hyperinfection with strongyloides stercoralis in an immunosuppressed patient
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4534981/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2486847
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.1989.4.2.165
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