Since the first case of strongyloidiasis reported in China in 1973, there have been 330 confirmed cases as of 2011. The present study conducted a meta-analysis on 106 cases for which detailed information on clinical symptoms, diagnosis, and outcome was available. Most (63%) cases were from the past decade. Immunocompromised patients and those given cortical hormones accounted for 68% of the cas...

Strongyloides stercoralis infects 30 million people in 70 countries. Infection usually results in asymptomatic chronic disease of the gut, which can remain undetected for decades. However, in patients receiving long-term corticosteroid therapy, hyperinfection can occur, resulting in high mortality rates (up to 87%). Strongyloidiasis is difficult to diagnose because the parasite load is low and ...

BACKGROUND Strongyloides stercoralis is an intestinal nematode parasite classified as a soil-transmitted helminth, endemic in tropical and subtropical regions. Strongyloides stercoralis can remain dormant for decades after the initial infection. CASE We describe a patient who was diagnosed with Strongyloides stercoralis infection three weeks after a left inguinal hernia repair and discuss app...

Small-intestinal deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) loss rates were measured in six patients with Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfestation, in four patients with hookworm disease, and in eight normal controls. In the four patients with strongyloidiasis having weight loss, hypoproteinaemia, and oedema the mean DNA loss rates were 73.9, 51.6, 58.0, and 62.2 ng atoms DNA-P/min respectively, which was s...

Paolo Ravanini, Eili Huhtamo, Essi Hasu, Felicita Rosa, Stefano Costantino, Maria G. Crobu, Valentina Ilaria, Anna M. Nicosia, Pietro L. Garavelli, and Olli Vapalahti Author affi liations: Azienda OspedalieroUniversitaria Maggiore della Carità, Novara, Italy (P. Ravanini, F. Rosa, S. Costantino, M.G. Crobu, V. Ilaria, A.M. Nicosia, P.L. Garavelli); and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland ...

Because diagnosis of strongyloidiasis by stool examination is unreliable and because of the potential for serious disease in Strongyloides infections, there is need for improved diagnostic aids to facilitate recognition and treatment of this parasitic infection. Serologic testing, when available, requires antigen preparation from infected primates or dogs that can be difficult to maintain. Seve...

Strongyloides stercoralis affects over 100 million people worldwide. Those people most susceptible to infection are those with an immunocompromising condition, such as cancer or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Local disease may spread throughout the body of the host, causing a condition termed disseminated strongyloidiasis. Standard treatment for Strongyloides stercoralis infection is oral ...