title: Strongyloidiasis in immigrants in Southern Spain.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyse clinical and epidemiological characteristics of immigrant patients diagnosed with strongyloidiasis in our area.
  
  
  METHODS
  An analyse was performed on patients with strongyloidiasis seen in the Tropical Medicine Unit of the "Hospital de Poniente" in Almeria (Spain), from April 2004 to May 2012.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 320 patients were diagnosed with Strongyloides stercoralis infection, and 284 out of 314 patients (90.4%) had a positive specific serology. Forty-two percent of the patients reported symptoms and 45% had eosinophilia. The serological results were monitored in some of the patients, confirming a loss of antibodies in all 20 patients studied.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Strongyloidiasis is a parasitic disease increasingly diagnosed in developed countries due to increased migratory flows from endemic areas. Often being asymptomatic, its diagnosis and treatment may prevent fatal outcomes, especially in immunocompromised patients.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology-Medicine Tropical Unit, Public Health Agency Business Poniente Hospital, Almería, Spain. Electronic address: tcabezasf@yahoo.es.
authors.forename: M Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Cabezas-Fernández
authors.affiliation: Medicine Tropical Unit, Public Health Agency Business Poniente Hospital, Almería, Spain.
authors.forename: Joaquin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salas-Coronas
authors.affiliation: Medicine Tropical Unit, Public Health Agency Business Poniente Hospital, Almería, Spain.
authors.forename: Ana Belen
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Lozano-Serrano
authors.affiliation: Medicine Tropical Unit, Public Health Agency Business Poniente Hospital, Almería, Spain.
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vazquez-Villegas
authors.affiliation: Microbiology-Medicine Tropical Unit, Public Health Agency Business Poniente Hospital, Almería, Spain.
authors.forename: M Isabel
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Cabeza-Barrera
authors.affiliation: Microbiology-Medicine Tropical Unit, Public Health Agency Business Poniente Hospital, Almería, Spain.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cobo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara / Q000208:ethnology; D000352:Africa, Northern / Q000208:ethnology; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000097:blood; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007843:Latin America / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D017171:Strongyloides stercoralis / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000909:Antibodies, Helminth
keywords: HTLV; Immigrants; Immunocompromised; Inmigrantes; Inmunosupresión; Strongyloidiasis; Strongyloidiosis