Acute respiratory distress syndrome due to Strongyloides stercoralis in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci

Department of Chest Diseases, Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India.

Published: March 2006

Strongyloides stercoralis is a nematode endemic in tropical and subtropical regions. In immunocompetent subjects, pulmonary disease caused by the parasite is unremarkable but the same can be life threatening in immunocompromised subjects. Though described in literature it is rarely seen in Indian subjects. We report a patient with ARDS due to Strongyloides stercoralis complicating non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with neutropenia.

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