title: Strongyloides as a cause of fever of unknown origin.
abstract: Strongyloides is endemic in parts of the United States. Most often it is asymptomatic but it has a wide range of clinical presentations. Because of the unusual capacity of strongyloides for autoinfection, it can cause hyperinfection, when it effects the pulmonary and gastrointestinal systems, or disseminated infection, when other organs are involved. Both hyperinfection and disseminated strongyloides usually occur in immunosuppressed patients. We report a case of hyperinfection with strongyloides in a man presenting with fever of unknown origin who was not immunosuppressed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA.
authors.forename: Iliana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Neumann
authors.forename: Rhianna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ritter
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mounsey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000977:Antiparasitic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007559:Ivermectin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D017171:Strongyloides stercoralis; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics; D000977:Antiparasitic Agents; D007559:Ivermectin; D015766:Albendazole