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Case Report: Disseminated Strongyloidiasis in a Patient with COVID-19
The SARS-CoV-2 virus has emerged and rapidly evolved into a current global pandemic. Although bacterial and fungal coinfections have been associated with COVID-19, little is known about parasitic infection. We report a case of a COVID-19 patient who developed disseminated strongyloidiasis following...
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The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7543803/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32830642 http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0699 |
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author | Lier, Audun J. Tuan, Jessica J. Davis, Matthew W. Paulson, Nathan McManus, Dayna Campbell, Sheldon Peaper, David R. Topal, Jeffrey E. |
author_facet | Lier, Audun J. Tuan, Jessica J. Davis, Matthew W. Paulson, Nathan McManus, Dayna Campbell, Sheldon Peaper, David R. Topal, Jeffrey E. |
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description | The SARS-CoV-2 virus has emerged and rapidly evolved into a current global pandemic. Although bacterial and fungal coinfections have been associated with COVID-19, little is known about parasitic infection. We report a case of a COVID-19 patient who developed disseminated strongyloidiasis following treatment with high-dose corticosteroids and tocilizumab. Screening for Strongyloides infection should be pursued in individuals with COVID-19 who originate from endemic regions before initiating immunosuppressive therapy. |
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spelling | pubmed-75438032020-10-11 Case Report: Disseminated Strongyloidiasis in a Patient with COVID-19 Lier, Audun J. Tuan, Jessica J. Davis, Matthew W. Paulson, Nathan McManus, Dayna Campbell, Sheldon Peaper, David R. Topal, Jeffrey E. Am J Trop Med Hyg Articles The SARS-CoV-2 virus has emerged and rapidly evolved into a current global pandemic. Although bacterial and fungal coinfections have been associated with COVID-19, little is known about parasitic infection. We report a case of a COVID-19 patient who developed disseminated strongyloidiasis following treatment with high-dose corticosteroids and tocilizumab. Screening for Strongyloides infection should be pursued in individuals with COVID-19 who originate from endemic regions before initiating immunosuppressive therapy. The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2020-10 2020-08-14 /pmc/articles/PMC7543803/ /pubmed/32830642 http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0699 Text en © The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Articles Lier, Audun J. Tuan, Jessica J. Davis, Matthew W. Paulson, Nathan McManus, Dayna Campbell, Sheldon Peaper, David R. Topal, Jeffrey E. Case Report: Disseminated Strongyloidiasis in a Patient with COVID-19 |
title | Case Report: Disseminated Strongyloidiasis in a Patient with COVID-19 |
title_full | Case Report: Disseminated Strongyloidiasis in a Patient with COVID-19 |
title_fullStr | Case Report: Disseminated Strongyloidiasis in a Patient with COVID-19 |
title_full_unstemmed | Case Report: Disseminated Strongyloidiasis in a Patient with COVID-19 |
title_short | Case Report: Disseminated Strongyloidiasis in a Patient with COVID-19 |
title_sort | case report: disseminated strongyloidiasis in a patient with covid-19 |
topic | Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7543803/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32830642 http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0699 |
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