A case of Strongyloides stercoralis and mesenteric tuberculous infection with acute abdominal pain in an HIV-positive patient.
We describe an HIV-positive female patient who had acute abdominal pain as the initial presentation of Strongyloides stercoralis infection. The diagnosis was established by identifying rhabditiform larvae in stool. She also had intra-abdominal tuberculosis without intestinal perforation. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of such a presentation.
De la Rosa
Guy R
GR
Division of Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas-Houston Medical School, USA.
Kuliev
Agadadash
A
Barnett
Ben J
BJ
D000328:Adult; D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D017171:Strongyloides stercoralis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000871:Anthelmintics; D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D015766:Albendazole