Abstract:
:Strongyloides stercoralis affects 30 to 100 million people worldwide and is a common cause of abdominal pain and diarrhea. Strongyloidiasis is a chronic and limited disease; however, in immunocompromised patients, hyperinfection syndrome can occur. Diagnosing strongyloidiasis early is important, as almost all deaths due to helminths in the United States are due to S stercoralis hyperinfection. Patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) do not appear to be at an increased risk for S stercoralis hyperinfection. We report a case of an HIV-infected Hispanic woman presenting with dyspepsia, emesis, abdominal pain, and diarrhea diagnosed with S stercoralis on an esophagogastroduodenoscopy biopsy of the duodenum. The diagnostic workup had been inconclusive and deciding to biopsy the small bowel based on the nonerythematous boggy appearance of the duodenal folds was the key step in making the correct diagnosis. Early diagnosis and treatment thwarted the developing hyperinfection syndrome and likely prevented further morbidity and probably saved her life.
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J Natl Med Assocjournal_title
Journal of the National Medical Associationauthors
Kakati B,Dang S,Heif M,Caradine K,McKnight W,Aduli Fdoi
10.1016/s0027-9684(15)30246-7subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2011-01-01 00:00:00pages
60-3issue
1eissn
0027-9684issn
1943-4693pii
S0027-9684(15)30246-7journal_volume
103pub_type
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