Delayed diagnosis of disseminated strongyloidiasis.
We report the case of a 51-year-old woman who presented with a confusing spectrum of systemic symptoms after starting steroid therapy for a rheumatological disorder. The diagnosis of disseminated strongyloidiasis was made after a delay of 2 weeks. This paper outlines the symptom complex with which this critically ill woman presented, the course of her disease and the treatment of her disseminated strongyloidiasis.
Hughes
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Department of Anesthesia, Toronto Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
McGuire
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D002908:Chronic Disease; D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D019425:Grenada / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000469:parasitology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009864:Ontario; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D015163:Superinfection / Q000469:parasitology*