[Eosinophilia and Strongyloides stercoralis infestation: case report]
Authors report about a case of Strongyloides stercoralis infestation. The patient, a 65-year old man, presented with a clinical history of eosinophilia but without symptomatology. Several stool specimen showed the presence of rhabditiform larvae of S. stercoralis and after therapy the patient had a normalization of the white blood ceIls count. The authors wish to point out the importance of the diagnosis because a change in immune status may convert a previously asymptomatic infection to hyperinfection.
I Divisione di Medicina e Servizio di Laboratorio Analisi, Osp. San Paolo Savona A.S.L. 2 Savonese, Italy.
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