A Case of Strongyloides stercoralis and Mesenteric Tuberculous Infection with Acute Abdominal Pain in an HIV-positive Patient

• Published in: Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases Vol. 34; no. 9; pp. 696 - 697
• Main Authors: Guy R. de la Rosa, Kuliev, Agadadash, Barnett, Ben J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basingstoke Informa UK Ltd 2002; Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: Adult; Albendazole - therapeutic use; Animals; Anthelmintics - therapeutic use; Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use; Bacterial diseases; Biological and medical sciences; Diseases caused by nematodes; Female; Helminthic diseases; HIV Infections - complications; HIV Infections - drug therapy; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Laparotomy; Medical sciences; Parasitic diseases; Strongyloides stercoralis - isolation & purification; Strongyloidiasis - complications; Strongyloidiasis - diagnosis; Strongyloidiasis - drug therapy; Strongyloidosis; Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections; Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal - complications; Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal - drug therapy; Human; Immunopathology; Mixed infection; Acute; Strongyloidiasis; AIDS; Mesentery; Mycobacterial infection; Parasitosis; Helminthiasis; Immune deficiency; Infection; Case study; Pain; Tuberculosis; Abdominal disease; Viral disease; Nematode disease; Bacteriosis; Digestive diseases; Intestinal disease
• ISSN: 0036-5548; 1651-1980
• DOI: 10.1080/00365540210147895

We describe an HIV-positive female patient who had acute abdominal pain as the initial presentation of Strongyloides stercoralis infection. The diagnosis was established by identifying rhabditiform larvae in stool. She also had intra-abdominal tuberculosis without intestinal perforation. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of such a presentation.