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- Title
Strongyloides stercoralis Hyperinfection in an Immunocompetent Patient with Extreme Eosinophilia.
- Authors
Marathe, A.; Date, V.
- Abstract
This report examines an unusual case of Srongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection in a 63-yr-old man. The patient had a history of vitamin B deficiency, on and off diarrhea, and clinical pellagra for a decade and a half. There was also evidence of extreme eosinophilia. The patient did not have any associated illness suggestive of immunosuppression. Treatment with ivermectin resulted in remarkable clinical improvement and reversion of eosinophil count to normal.
- Subjects
NEMATODES; EOSINOPHILIA; OLDER men; VITAMIN B deficiency; DIARRHEA in old age; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; IVERMECTIN; THERAPEUTICS; DISEASES in older people
- Publication
Journal of Parasitology, 2008, Vol 94, Issue 3, p759
- ISSN
0022-3395
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1645/GE-1392R1.1