title: An autopsy case of disseminated strongyloidiasis combined with cytomegalovirus infection.
abstract: We report a rare autopsy case of disseminated strongyloidiasis combined with cytomegalovirus co-infection involving a 68-year-old man, who was originally from Okinawa Prefecture in southern Japan, where strongyloidiasis occurs sporadically among the elderly. This patient was admitted with a diagnosis of drug eruption and hypereosinophilic syndrome. He was administered steroid therapy, but suffered complications of fever, respiratory distress, and pulmonary hemorrhaging. The autopsy findings showed disseminated strongyloidiasis in the alveolar spaces and the intestine and cytomegalovirus inclusion body foci in the lungs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo 173-0083, Japan. garjyusaiga@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: Keishin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sunagawa
authors.forename: Haruko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishio
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kinukawa
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Norimichi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nemoto
authors.forename: Toyoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ochiai
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D007422:Intestines / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D007564:Japan; D008168:Lung / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D013256:Steroids / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D013256:Steroids