strongyloidiasis/fever

Strongyloidiasis is a human parasitic disease caused by infection of Strongyloidesstercoralis. It can manifest from asymptomatic eosinophilia in an immunocompetent host and disseminate the disease in the immunocompromised ones. The inconsistency of eosinophilia and low sensitivity of a standard

A 40-year-old Japanese Brazilian admitted to our hospital because of headache and fever. He came to Japan 16 years ago and underwent treatment of strongyloidiasis 3 years ago. He showed neck stiffness. CRP was highly elevated, and anti-HTLV-1 antibody was positive. Examination of CSF demonstrated

An autopsy case of periarteritis nodosa associated with disseminated strongyloidiasis in a 59-year-old woman is reported. The patient had unknown fever of 38 degrees C and marked impairment of renal function, for which pulse therapy of steroid was performed. Electromyogram showed myogenic pattern,

Clinical characteristics of disseminated strongyloidiasis, the severest form of strongyloidiasis, are not well described. We conducted a retrospective, consecutive chart review of patients with disseminated strongyloidiasis admitted to Okinawa Chubu Hospital in Okinawa, Japan, during January

The hospital records of 213 outpatients from Bangkok, Thailand, infected with Strongyloides stercoralis as determined by stool inspections were examined retrospectively for the different clinical presentations ascribed to patients with HIV, those with chronic illness, those who used

We report a case of the Mazzotti reaction in a 13-year-old Liberian refugee after presumptive treatment of schistosomiasis and strongyloidiasis with ivermectin, praziquantel and albendazole. The patient was hospitalized with fever, urticaria, abdominal pain and angioedema. Twelve hours after

We retrospectively studied 343 consecutive patients treated between 1979 and 1992. Ninety patients whose stool was not examined were excluded. Fifty-three patients with strongyloidiasis were compared with 200 controls with regard to outcomes and the following characteristics: age, sex, underlying

Strongyloidiasis is an emerging tropical/subtropical parasitic infection commonly encountered in immunocompromised patients and often accompanied by life-threatening gram-negative bacteremia. We presented an interesting image of a critically ill 66-year-old lady, an asthmatic on high dose steroids,

We report a case of acute strongyloidiasis, presenting with fever, pronounced eosinophilia and a disseminated skin rash, in a traveller returning from South East Asia.

The case was that of a 21-month-old infant who presented a great inoperable Wilm's tumor that was treated with vincristine to the point of practically disappearing. Severe typhoid fever that was complicated by multiple intestinal parasitoses (ascariasis, trichuriasis, giardiasis and

A 76-year-old male with multiple myeloma, who was born and had lived in Ehime Prefecture was admitted to our hospital because of high fever. The chest X-p film showed right middle lobal pneumonia. Eosinophilia was detected and a stool smear examination revealed rhabditis form larvae of the nematode.

We report a fatal case of disseminated strongyloidiasis in a patient with multiple myeloma receiving chemrotherapy. A fifty-seven years old man presented with severe diarrhoea and vomiting, fever, weight loss and dysphagia,due to mouth ulcers. Despite broad-spectrum intravenous antibiotics,

The diagnosis and management of strongyloidiasis present a continuous challenge in developing countries including Taiwan. In this study, the clinical characteristics and microbiological findings of 27 patients with Strongyloides stercoralis infection were retrospectively analyzed. Intestinal

A 75-year-old female with diabetes mellitus, who was born and lived in West north Kyusyu, was admitted to our hospital, because of unconsciousness and loss of appetite. The physical examination showed neck stiffness and a high fever. The laboratory data showed accentuation of inflammatory reaction

METHODS A 53-year-old West African man presented two years after a travel to Guinea because of severe headache, neck stiffnes, fever and pruritus. The patient had been in orthopedical treatment for the last five months. METHODS Stool microscopy revealed a high number of Strongyloides stercoralis