2012
DOI: 10.4067/s0716-10182012000300016
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Falla orgánica múltiple por estrongiloidiasis diseminada: Comunicación de un caso

Abstract: Multiple-organ dysfunction caused by dissemination of Strongyloides stercoralis infection. A case reportWe report here the case of a 50-year-old male patient, from a rural setting, with past history of alcoholism. He was admitted in the Intensive Care Unit due to a worsening health status after a febrile syndrome of 25 days. In addition, he had diarrhea, intense muscle ache predominantly on upper extremities and abdomen, weight loss, confusion, seizures, psychomotor agitation, tachycardia, tachipnea, anuria, s… Show more

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“…Helmithiases, such as Strongyloides spp., were 5.5% which is a relevant zoonotic parasite in public health. Various species infect animals; even though it favors a host, its specificity is not strict, and dogs may act as reservoirs, facilitating human infection and displaying a variety of clinical manifestations and syndromes ranging from a self-contained and well-tolerated infection to an uncontrolled self-infection due to massive intestinal hyperinfection and, occasionally, an invasive fatal one (33,34).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Helmithiases, such as Strongyloides spp., were 5.5% which is a relevant zoonotic parasite in public health. Various species infect animals; even though it favors a host, its specificity is not strict, and dogs may act as reservoirs, facilitating human infection and displaying a variety of clinical manifestations and syndromes ranging from a self-contained and well-tolerated infection to an uncontrolled self-infection due to massive intestinal hyperinfection and, occasionally, an invasive fatal one (33,34).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Se han descrito reportes de casos de disfunción orgánica múltiple asociada a estrongiloidiasis diseminada, entidad con elevada mortalidad 31 .…”
Section: Estrongiloidiasisunclassified
“…Bacteria-laden parasites may eventually gain the portal venous system and reach remote organs [8] . Indeed recurrent meningitis, usually due to Gram negative bacteria is a well described complication of systemic strongyloidiasis [9,10] . In fact this was the case of our patient in whom an unusual pathogen was isolated.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%