Hyperinfection by Strongyloides Stercoralis

Strongyloides stercoralis is an intestinal nematode with a complex life cycle capable of a free living cycle, a parasitic cycle and auto-infection. It is usually asymptomatic in a healthy host but causes life threatening hyperinfection involving multiple organs in immunocompromised patients. However...

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Published inOman medical journal Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 163 - 166
Main Authors Pillai , G. Rajasekharan, Al-Mammari , Said, Gokhale , Uday A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Muscat - Oman Oman Medical Specialty Board 01.04.2010
Subjects
DIGESTIVE DISORDERS
HELMINTHS
hyperinfection
INFECTION
NEMATODA
OMAN
PATIENTS
stercoralis
STERCULIA
STOMACH DISEASES
STRONGYLIDAE
Strongyloides
أمراض المعدة
الأسطوانيات (فصيلة)
الإضطرابات الهضمية
البرازية
الخيطيات (مجموعة)
الديدان
العدوى
المرضى
عمان
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Summary:Strongyloides stercoralis is an intestinal nematode with a complex life cycle capable of a free living cycle, a parasitic cycle and auto-infection. It is usually asymptomatic in a healthy host but causes life threatening hyperinfection involving multiple organs in immunocompromised patients. However, reports of gastric involvement are very rare. This is a report of gastric strongyloidiasis with evidence of hyperinfection in an elderly Omani patient on chronic corticosteroid therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and H-2 blocker for dyspepsia.
ISSN:1999-768X
2070-5204
DOI:10.5001/omj.2010.47