Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction due to Strongyloides stercoralis

We report a case of chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction due to a generalized visceral autonomic neuropathy in an immune-competent patient infected with Strongyloides stercoralis. The patient had immigrated to the United States from Sierra Leone in childhood but had not returned for decades. His sy...

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Autores principales: Greenberg, Jenna, Greenberg, Joshua, Helmstetter, Nicholas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6077176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30101070
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2018.e00425
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description We report a case of chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction due to a generalized visceral autonomic neuropathy in an immune-competent patient infected with Strongyloides stercoralis. The patient had immigrated to the United States from Sierra Leone in childhood but had not returned for decades. His symptoms resolved with ivermectin treatment. Clinicians should have a high index of suspicion for strongyloidiasis in any patient with abdominal complaints and a history of travel to endemic areas, even if the travel history is remote.
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spelling pubmed-60771762018-08-10 Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction due to Strongyloides stercoralis Greenberg, Jenna Greenberg, Joshua Helmstetter, Nicholas IDCases Article We report a case of chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction due to a generalized visceral autonomic neuropathy in an immune-competent patient infected with Strongyloides stercoralis. The patient had immigrated to the United States from Sierra Leone in childhood but had not returned for decades. His symptoms resolved with ivermectin treatment. Clinicians should have a high index of suspicion for strongyloidiasis in any patient with abdominal complaints and a history of travel to endemic areas, even if the travel history is remote. Elsevier 2018-07-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6077176/ /pubmed/30101070 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2018.e00425 Text en © 2018 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6077176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30101070
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2018.e00425
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