A case of Strongyloides stercoralis hyper-invasion is presented. Female patient with the bronchial asthma was periodically treated with steroids. Generalized toxemia caused by parasitic invasion proved fatal in this patient.
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Rev Esp Enferm Dig
January 2025
Digestive Medicine, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia .
We report the case of a 38-year-old woman with a 10-year history of ulcerative proctosigmoiditis. Two months after traveling to Morocco, she developed gastrointestinal symptoms accompanied by eosinophilia in blood tests. Four months later, she progressed to systemic illness with pulmonary involvement.
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December 2024
Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey; Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Cyprus International University, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Strongyloides stercoralis (S. stercoralis) is a soil-transmitted nematode that is endemic to tropical and subtropical regions. S.
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January 2025
Department of Medical Parasitology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India. Electronic address:
Soil transmitted helminth (STH) infections remain prevalent in India despite the ongoing deworming program. Here, we report a case of triple infection of Ascaris lumbricoides, Ancylostoma duodenale, and Strongyloides stercoralis, in a young asymptomatic and apparently immunocompetent female presenting with aluminium phosphide poisoning. Except for severe anaemia, the only other indicators of chronic infection were occasional abdominal pain and self-limiting loose stools.
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December 2024
Department of Gastroenterology, Shahid Mohammadi Hospital, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
Background: Systemic lupus erythematosus is a multi-organ autoimmune disorder that is treated by immunosuppressive agents that weaken the immune defense against opportunistic pathogens and latent infections such as strongyloidiasis. Herein, we report the case of a 43-year-old woman known to have systemic lupus erythematosus who presented with gastrointestinal symptoms, edema, and bone pain 2 months after receiving immunosuppressive treatment.
Case Presentation: A 43-year-old Iranian female known to have systemic lupus erythematosus and antiphospholipid syndrome presented with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and generalized edema.
Medicina (B Aires)
December 2024
Hospital Municipal de Agudos Leónidas Lucero, Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Strongyloides stercoralis is a parasite that has the ability to reproduce within humans, which explains its persistence for many years. It lives in the duodenum and ileum, between the enterocytes, and opens up to the intestinal lumen. Historically it is associated with tropical and subtropical rural areas, but its development has been seen in microclimates that favour the biological cycle.
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