Atypical clinical presentation of strongyloidiasis in a patient co-infected with human T cell lymphotrophic virus type I.
Alterations in the immunologic response induced by human T cell lymphotrophic virus type I (HTLV-I) predispose the development of disseminated strongyloidiasis. We report a case of an atypical clinical presentation of strongyloidiasis in a patient co-infected with HTLV-I causing scrotal and perineal pain and infertility. Strongyloides stercoralis was found in the analysis of the sperm and specific therapy for strongyloidiasis was associated with disappearance of the symptoms.
Porto
Maria Aurélia F
MA
Serviço de Imunologia, Hospital Universitario Professor Edgard Santos, e Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Alcântara
Lêda M
LM
Leal
Marcelo
M
Castro
Néviton
N
Carvalho
Edgar M
EM
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015490:HTLV-I Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015368:Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D017171:Strongyloides stercoralis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*