Strongyloidiasis infection in a borderline lepromatous leprosy patient with adrenocorticoid insufficiency undergoing corticosteroid treatment: a case report

BACKGROUND: Strongyloidiasis is a soil-transmitted helminthiasis mainly caused by Strongyloides stercoralis. It is endemic to the tropics and subtropics. Sri Lanka has a 0–1.6% prevalence rate. S. stercoralis infection was identified in a 33-year-old Sri Lankan male patient treated with corticostero...

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Autores principales: Morel, Rumala, Maddumabandara, Kusala, Amarasinghe, Nisansala, Amarangani, Sujeewa, Amarasinghe, Anjalie, Gunathilaka, Mihiri, Wathsala, Gayani, Bandara, Lakmalee, Wijesundara, Sunil, Gunaratne, Nilupuli, Waduge, Roshitha, Medagama, Arjuna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9733215/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36482424
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-022-03673-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9733215/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36482424
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-022-03673-4

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