Strongyloides stercoralis eggs in the stools during anticancer therapy.
We report a 45-year-old man with granulocytic sarcoma who, following anticancer chemotherapy, developed florid strongyloidiasis, wherein eggs of Strongyloides stercoralis embedded in the exfoliated mucosa were seen in the stools. The eggs were interspersed with numerous rhabditiform larvae. He was treated with albendazole.
Jayshree
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Department of Microbiology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore.
Sridhar
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Babu
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Suresh
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TM
D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010270:Parasite Egg Count; D017171:Strongyloides stercoralis; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control
D000871:Anthelmintics; D015766:Albendazole