Overwhelming helminthiasis is still a problem in endemic areas, especially in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of invasive intestinal strongyloidiasis that was clinically expressed as acute abdominal distress in a 73-year-old man from São Paulo who had been receiving methylprednisone, 20 mg/day, for one year for osteoarthritis. A surgical specimen from the ileum revealed invasive en...

tion associated with septicemia due to intestinal transmural migration of bacteria. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2002; 17:1331–3. 7 Newberry AM, Williams DN, Stauffer WN et al. Strongyloides hyperinfection presenting as acute respiratory failure and gram-negative sepsis. Chest 2005; 128:3681–4. 8 Buonfrate D, Requena-Mendez A, Angheben A et al. Severe strongyloidiasis: a systematic review of case re...

A middle-aged aboriginal man with a history of alcoholism and gastrectomy was diagnosed as having bacterial meningoencephalitis based on the typical clinical manifestations, laboratory findings, and treatment responses. During the recovery stage, he developed consciousness disturbance, seizures, severe diarrhea, and respiratory failure that led us to search for other possibility of the diagnosi...

strongyloidiasis is a disease characterized by a diverse spectrum of unspecific manifestations that complicate its diagnosis. although, the course of its chronic form is usually benign, in cases of immunosuppression, iatrogenic or not, it can evolve to a hyperifection syndrome with even fatal complications. herein, we report a case of strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection in a greek patient ...

PATIENT Male, 36. FINAL DIAGNOSIS Strongyloidiasis. SYMPTOMS Abdominal pain • anorexia • eosinophilia • fever • letargy • weight loss. MEDICATION - CLINICAL PROCEDURE - SPECIALTY Infectious diseases. OBJECTIVE Challenging differential diagnosis, rare disease. BACKGROUND Strongyloidiasis is a worldwide infection, infecting approximately 100 million people in more than 70 countries....