Strongyloides hyperinfection: a treatment dilemma.
Strongyloides stercoralis infection is a common cause of abdominal pain and diarrhea worldwide. Usually a chronic and limited disease, it can present a therapeutic dilemma when infection is overwhelming, such as what might occur in an immunosuppressed patient. Here we present a case of strongyloides hyperinfection treated successfully with a veterinary formulation of parenteral ivermectin.
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA. melmille@med.umich.edu
Melissa A
MA
Miller
L W Preston
LW
Church
Cassandra D
CD
Salgado
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000469:parasitology; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000969:Antinematodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000469:parasitology; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007559:Ivermectin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D013321:Strongyloides / Q000187:drug effects*; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology
D000969:Antinematodal Agents; D007559:Ivermectin