Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection: difficulties in diagnosis and treatment

Summary Immunocompromised patients who are infected with Strongyloides stercoralis may develop a potentially fatal auto‐infection syndrome characterised by non‐specific pulmonary and gastrointestinal symptoms and Gram negative sepsis. We present the case of one such patient who underwent a negative...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Anaesthesia 2010-03, Vol.65 (3), p.298-301
Hauptverfasser:	Feely, N. M., Waghorn, D. J., Dexter, T., Gallen, I., Chiodini, P.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Anesthesia Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Animals Anthelmintics - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences Central Nervous System Helminthiasis - diagnosis Central Nervous System Helminthiasis - drug therapy Central Nervous System Helminthiasis - immunology Clinical outcomes Humans Immunocompromised Host Infections Lateral Ventricles - parasitology Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Medical sciences Morbidity Mortality Strongyloides Strongyloides stercoralis Strongyloides stercoralis - isolation & purification Strongyloidiasis - diagnosis Strongyloidiasis - drug therapy Strongyloidiasis - immunology Superinfection - diagnosis Superinfection - drug therapy Superinfection - immunology Surgery
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