title: [Review of 2 cases of severe infection with pulmonary Strongyloides stercoralis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To improve the understanding of pulmonary Strongyloides stercoralis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two paients were diagnosed with severe infection with pulmonary Strongyloides stercoralis by respiratory ICU of Xiangya Hospital. The clinical manifestations, laboratory tests, imaging and pathological data were analyzed. Another 87 cases in the literature were reviewed from 1973 to 2013.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the 2 cases, digestive symptoms were the first symptom and Strongyloides stercoralis was found in the lungs. Eosinophils was detected in the 13 death cases by blood routine examination, with 10 cases≤0.05× 10(9)/L.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The farmers were the main infected people. Patients with basic diseases or with immunosuppression due to long-term glucocorticoid treatment tend to infect and even die after the infection with Strongyloides stercoralis. Eosinophil granulocyte reduction shows poor prognosis, which needs early diagnosis and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiration, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, Department of Respiration, Xiangdong Hospital, Hunan Normal University, Liling Hunan 412200, China.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hongyi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Pinhua
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Ruichao
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.forename: Chengping
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003643:Death; D004804:Eosinophils; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D006801:Humans; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000473:pathology*; D017171:Strongyloides stercoralis; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids