title: A case of gastric strongyloidiasis in a Korean patient.
abstract: A 69-year-old Korean man was admitted to emergency room with complaints of abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea. Laboratory tests revealed eosinophilia, anemia, hypoproteinemia, and hyponatremia. The gastric mucosa showed whitish mottled and slightly elevated lesions on the body angle of antrum. Microscopically, chronic gastritis with incomplete intestinal metaplasia was observed. Many adult worms, larvae, and eggs in cross sections were located in the crypts. Furthermore, the filariform larvae of Strongyloides stercoralis with a notched tail were detected through the culture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Seonam University, Namwon 590-711, Korea. jinkim@tiger.seonam.ac.kr
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyun-Soo
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Joo
authors.forename: Doo-Hong
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ho
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Yu-Ho
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Myung-Soo
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000469:parasitology; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D017171:Strongyloides stercoralis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics; D015766:Albendazole