Introduction: Disseminated anguilluliasis is a serious disease requiring early diagnosis and treatment. The occurrence of bacterial complications, especially meningeal, is generally due to Gram-negative bacteria from the gastrointestinal tract.
Case: A 52-year-old man from Guadeloupe, treated for T-lymphoma during the previous year by polychemotherapy, was hospitalized for meningitis. Culture of the cerebrospinal fluid and the bronchoalveolar lavage both showed Enterococcus faecalis. Strongyloides stercoralis were also found in the stool and bronchoalveolar lavage. Outcome under treatment was favorable.
Discussion: This case reminds us of the usefulness of presumptive routine ivermectin treatment for all patients exposed to any immunosuppression treatment and ever having lived in a tropical area and thus possibly infected by chronic but silent anguilluliasis, even in the absence of parasitological certainty.
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