Abstract

SAUCA SUBIAS, G.; BARRUFET BARQUE, P.; BESA BERINGUES, A.  and  RODRIGUEZ RAMOS, E.. Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. An. Med. Interna (Madrid) [online]. 2005, vol.22, n.3, pp.43-45. ISSN 0212-7199.

Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection is a rare but know complication in patients with intestinal parasitism. Immunosuppresive therapy and acquires immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) are major risk factors for dissemination. Diagnosis requires identification of larvae in body fluids or biopsy and the mortality rates can be as high as 80%. The enteric bacteria are carried by invasive larvae and this can result in septicemia, pneumonia, meningitis, and disseminated bacterial infection in many parts of the body. We present a case of Strongyloides stercolaris hyperinfection complicated by Escherichia coli bacteriemia in a 45-year-old man African with AIDS.

Keywords : Strongyloides stercoralis; Hyperinfection.

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