[Severe anguilluliasis in a chronic haemodialysis patient].
BACKGROUND
Strongyloidiasis can result in severe forms in immunodepressed patients or those treated with prolonged corticosteroids.


METHODS
A 59 year-old woman suffering from chronic kidney failure, treated for the past year by haemodialysis, was hospitalized for alteration in her general status of health and severe digestive problems. Three parasitological examinations of the faeces revealed the presence of Strongyloides stercoralis larvae, although she had never spent time in the Tropics. The outcome was rapidly good following treatment with thiabendazole.


CONCLUSIONS
Some severe forms of strongyloidiasis occurring in immunodepressed or chronic dialysed patients can be fatal in the absence of early management.
Hachim
Khadija
K
Service de néphrologie-hémodialyse, CHU Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Maroc.
Mortajil
Fatima
F
Chakib
Abdelfattah
A
Ramdani
Benyounes
B
Zaid
Driss
D
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000469:parasitology; D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D000969:Antinematodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000469:parasitology; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006396:Hematemesis / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009018:Morocco; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017171:Strongyloides stercoralis; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D013827:Thiabendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014839:Vomiting / Q000469:parasitology; D015431:Weight Loss
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D000969:Antinematodal Agents; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D013827:Thiabendazole