Coinfection of Strongyloides stercoralis and Aspergillus found in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from a patient with stubborn pulmonary symptoms.
We report a case involving coinfection with Strongyloides stercoralis (S. stercoralis) and Aspergillus found in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of an elderly male patient who had a medical history of autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) and who was treated with prednisone therapy 6 months previously. The patient presented with stubborn pulmonary symptoms and signs because of Aspergillus invasion and mechanical destruction caused by larval migration. We found S. stercoralis and Aspergillus in his BALF that provided diagnostic proof.
Department of Laboratory Diagnosis, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
Jie
J
Guo
Department of Laboratory Diagnosis, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
Yi
Y
Sun
Department of Laboratory Diagnosis, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
Yanru
Y
Man
Department of Laboratory Diagnosis, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
Xiaochun
X
Huang
Department of Laboratory Diagnosis, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
Qin
Q
Qin
Department of Laboratory Diagnosis, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
Daoyin
D
Zhou
Department of Laboratory Diagnosis, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
Anmei
A
Deng
Aspergillus; Strongyloides stercoralis (S. stercoralis); bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF)