title: Disseminated Strongyloides stercoralis in AIDS: a report from India.
abstract: We report a fatal case of disseminated strongyloidiasis masquerading clinically as stage IV caecal malignancy diagnosed at post mortem by needle necropsy. The parasite was seen in the smears from CSF, pleural fluid, ascitic fluid, splenic aspirate, lung aspirate and aspirates from caecal area. Enteric organisms like Group D streptococci and candida sp were also associated. We believe that this is the first report of widespread dissemination of S. stercoralis in AIDS from India.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. sridharasatyam_ss@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Sridhara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Satyanarayana
authors.forename: Srikant
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nema
authors.forename: Abhinandan T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Kalghatgi
authors.forename: Shiva Ram
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: Ramji
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rai
authors.forename: Rajan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Duggal
authors.forename: Janak Raj
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Bhardwaj
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D017171:Strongyloides stercoralis; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*