title: Pulmonary strongyloidiasis following renal transplantation without travel to an endemic area.
abstract: We report a case of Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection in an immunosuppressed individual occurring in a non-endemic area. Geographic risk is not sufficient to rule out Strongyloidiasis in susceptible individuals presenting with severe pulmonary disease.
authors.affiliation: Section on Critical Care , Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Ravi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Agarwala
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology , Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre , Thunder Bay, ON , Canada.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wasielewski
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Thunder Bay, ON , Canada.
authors.forename: Birubi
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Biman