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- Title
Treatment of Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection-associated septic shock and acute respiratory distress syndrome with drotrecogin alfa (activated) in a renal transplant recipient.
- Authors
Huston, J. M.; Eachempati, S. R.; Rodney, J. R.; Cayci, C.; Fusco, D.; Mathew, M.; Shou, J.; Goldstein, M. J.; Kapur, S.; Barie, P. S.
- Abstract
We report a case of Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome in a renal transplant recipient complicated by septic shock, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and Klebsiella pneumoniae superinfection. The patient was treated successfully with drotrecogin alfa (activated), parenteral ivermectin, albendazole, and piperacillin/tazobactam. This outcome suggests that drotrecogin alfa (activated) may be useful therapy for transplant recipients who develop severe sepsis or septic shock secondary to potentially lethal opportunistic infections.
- Subjects
CASE studies; SEPTIC shock; KIDNEY transplant patients; ADULT respiratory distress syndrome; ALBENDAZOLE; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Transplant Infectious Disease, 2009, Vol 11, Issue 3, p277
- ISSN
1398-2273
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1399-3062.2009.00386.x