Strongyloidiasis Infection As the Cause of Pancreatitis

Strongyloidiasis is endemic to socioeconomically disadvantaged tropics and subtropics, primarily as an asymptomatic carriage. It is seen in developed nations among the underprivileged. We describe a case of an Asian immigrant with eosinophilia, common bile duct stricture, cholangitis, and pancreatit...

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Autores principales: Verdecia, Jorge, Martinez, Andres, Ravi, Malleswari
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9106552/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35573535
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24097
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author Verdecia, Jorge
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Ravi, Malleswari
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description Strongyloidiasis is endemic to socioeconomically disadvantaged tropics and subtropics, primarily as an asymptomatic carriage. It is seen in developed nations among the underprivileged. We describe a case of an Asian immigrant with eosinophilia, common bile duct stricture, cholangitis, and pancreatitis with Strongyloides spp. found on duodenal biopsy in the setting of steroid exposure.
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spelling pubmed-91065522022-05-14 Strongyloidiasis Infection As the Cause of Pancreatitis Verdecia, Jorge Martinez, Andres Ravi, Malleswari Cureus Internal Medicine Strongyloidiasis is endemic to socioeconomically disadvantaged tropics and subtropics, primarily as an asymptomatic carriage. It is seen in developed nations among the underprivileged. We describe a case of an Asian immigrant with eosinophilia, common bile duct stricture, cholangitis, and pancreatitis with Strongyloides spp. found on duodenal biopsy in the setting of steroid exposure. Cureus 2022-04-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9106552/ /pubmed/35573535 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24097 Text en Copyright © 2022, Verdecia et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Verdecia, Jorge
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Ravi, Malleswari
Strongyloidiasis Infection As the Cause of Pancreatitis
title Strongyloidiasis Infection As the Cause of Pancreatitis
title_full Strongyloidiasis Infection As the Cause of Pancreatitis
title_fullStr Strongyloidiasis Infection As the Cause of Pancreatitis
title_full_unstemmed Strongyloidiasis Infection As the Cause of Pancreatitis
title_short Strongyloidiasis Infection As the Cause of Pancreatitis
title_sort strongyloidiasis infection as the cause of pancreatitis
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9106552/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35573535
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24097
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