Strongyloides stercoarlis--hyperinfection.
A case of severe Strongyloides stercoralis infection is described in a patient with renal failure due to bilateral cortical necrosis. Because thiabendazole, the drug of choice in strongyloidiasis, is primarily excreted by the kidneys, alternative therapy with a mebendazole was instituted. Although the patient eventually died as a result of the renal failure, successful therapy with mebendazole was well demonstrated.
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008463:Mebendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology
D008463:Mebendazole