strongyloidiasis/phosphatase

A 41-year old man of Brazilian origin, suffering from AIDS for one year, fell ill with pyrexia of over 39 degrees C, dyspnoea, chest pain and deterioration in his general condition. At the same time he noted a discrete skin eruption, mainly on the upper limbs. Diarrhoea began later. A chest

Enterokinase and alkaline phosphatase activities in the duodenal juice and fecal extract of 37 strongyloidosis patients living in moderate climate and 17 inhabitants of the tropics have been studied. In 60.7% inhabitants of the regions with moderate climate and 80% from the tropics decreased

The stools of 697 cases were examined by agar plate technique at Tambon Makam Luang, Sun Pa Tong district, Chiang Mai; there were Strongyloides stercoralis 15.9%,Opisthorchis viverrini 5.1%, intestinal fluke 0.1%. Treatment with ivermectin 78 cases and albendazole 33 cases of strongyloidiasis gave