title: Strongyloides stercoralis infection in a non-immunosuppressed tourist with involvement of the central nervous system.
abstract: In the present case report a 50-year-old woman is presented with a Strongyloides stercoralis infection after a one-month stay in Sri Lanka. She showed a severe involvement of the central nervous system without a correlation of an immunosuppression. Strongyloides stercoralis is regarded as the cause of the cerebral involvement. Other possible causes are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Unité des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hopital Civil, Hopitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Lahn
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Staub-Schmidt
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Himy
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Villard
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Molet
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kremer
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Christmann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D017171:Strongyloides stercoralis; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed