Hyperinfection by Strongyloides Stercoralis
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Strongyloides stercoralis is an intestinal nematode with a complex life cycle capable of a free living cycle, a parasitic cycle and autoinfection. It is usually asymptomatic in a healthy host but causes life threatening hyperinfection involving multiple organs in immunocompromised patients. However, reports of gastric involvement are very rare. This is a report of gastric strongyloidiasis with evidence of hyperinfection in an elderly Omani patient on chronic corticosteroid therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and H-2 blocker for dyspepsia. Gokhale UA, et al. OMJ. 25, (2010); doi:10.5001/omj.2010.47 From the Department of Pathology , Sultan Qaboos Hospital, Salalah, Sultanate of Oman. Received: 05 Feb 2010 Accepted: 11 Mar 2010 Address of Corresponding Author: Dr. Uday Arun Gokhale, Department of Pathology, Sultan Qaboos Hospital, Sultanate of Oman. E-mail: [email protected]
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