Disseminated strongyloidiasis: report of two fatal cases.
Strongyloides infection is usually asymptomatic but disseminated infection is a cause of morbidity and mortality in immunodeficient patients. Two fatal cases of strongyloidiasis are reported here, with rare manifestations of gastric ulcers with hematemesis and acute renal failure respectively.
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D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006396:Hematemesis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000469:parasitology*; D013322:Strongyloidiasis