title: Disseminated Strongyloides stercoralis in an immunosuppressed host.
abstract: It is important that clinicians be aware that Strongyloides stercoralis can disseminate, because the helminth can exist as an asymptomatic infestation for years in a person from an endemic area and then become manifest when immunosuppressive therapy is given. A case of fatal strongyloidiasis is presented to emphasize this potential for causing serious infection in the compromised host.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*