Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection in a diabetic patient: Case report
Tropical Biomedicine
;
: 115-9, 2010.
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in English
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| ID: wpr-630020
ABSTRACT
Strongyloides stercoralis is a widespread, soil-transmitted helminth affecting humans. Autoinfection occurs in S. stercoralis infection and this leads to a continuous build-up of worm burden in human host. This may lead to hyperinfection syndrome which has the potential to cause serious life-threatening disease especially in immunocompromised and immunosupressed patients. Thus, patient with underlying risk factors should be suspicious of having this infection as severe strongyloidiasis carries a high mortality rate if the diagnosis is delayed. Here, we report a case of S. stercoralis hyperinfection in a diabetic patient.
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Tropical Biomedicine
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2010
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