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Strongyloidiasis and chronic urticaria.
Introduction Strongyloides stercoralis (Bavay, 1876) is an important cosmopolitan helminth parasite. Human infection varies in regions throughout the world, being heavier in the tropics (Pessoa, 1972). The disease (Cochin China diarrhoea) varies also from mild intestinal discomfort to severe malabsorption syndromes and invasion of the peritoneal cavity and abdominal organs. Fatal cases have bee...
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The objective of the present study was to assess intestinal permeability in patients with infection caused by Strongyloides stercoralis. Twenty-six patients (16 women and 10 men), mean age 45.9, with a diagnosis of strongyloidiasis were evaluated. For comparison, 25 healthy volunteers (18 women and 7 men), mean age 44.9, without digestive disorders or intestinal parasites served as normal contr...
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Strongyloides stercoralis is a widely distributed nematode that causes human infection nearly everywhere on the globe except the poles. Although the real figures are controversial, its prevalence has been said to range from 30 to 100 million infected people [1, 2]. One of the major challenges in assessing S. stercoralis prevalence is the lack of wellconducted studies in suspected endemic areas....
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A 31 year old man from Gambia, resident in the United Kingdom for two years, presented with a two month history of unproductive cough, malaise, weight loss, non-specific abdominal pain, and episodic diarrhoea. Acid alcohol fast bacilli were identified in his sputum, together with Strongyloides stercoralis larvae and Giardia lamblia cysts in his stools. This case illustrates that latent strongyl...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Infectious Disease Clinics of North America
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0891-5520
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2018.10.006