[Strongyloides stercoralis infection in a cortico-dependent patient with chronic airflow obstruction].
We report a case of Strongyloides stercoralis infection in a male agricultural worker with corticoid dependent chronic obstructive air flow disease and bronchial hyperreactivity. The clinical picture initially involved digestive symptoms and bronchospasm resistant to steroid treatment. Diagnosis was established by demonstrating the larvae of S. stercoralis in stool. We emphasize that this infection should be suspected in patients living in endemic areas such as Spain, and describe S. stercoralis-caused respiratory manifestations that can be masked by bronchial disease.
Cremades Romero
M J
MJ
Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia.
Martínez García
M A
MA
Menéndez Villanueva
R
R
Cremades Romero
M L
ML
Pemán García
J P
JP
D000368:Aged; D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D000818:Animals; D000969:Antinematodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D017171:Strongyloides stercoralis; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013827:Thiabendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000969:Antinematodal Agents; D013827:Thiabendazole