title: [Rare Case of Strongyloides stercoralis with Vitamin B12 Deficiency].
abstract: Strongyloidiyasis is endemic in tropical and subtropical regions, and mostly soil transmitted nematode disease that is seen as sporadic cases in Turkey. As may be asymptomatic in healthy individuals, it may even cause death in immunosuppressive people. We report a case of Strongyloides stercoralis infection in a patient, 29 years old young male was admitted to our institution with diarrhea who has got vitamin B12 deficiency and eosinophilia. The case represents an extremely rare and in our knowledge, it is the first case in Sakarya.
authors.affiliation: Sağlık Bakanlığı Sakarya Üniversitesi Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Tıbbi Biyokimya Anabilim Dalı, Sakarya, Türkiye. ozlem_hur@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Özlem
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Kadılar
authors.forename: Berna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bozkurt
authors.forename: Engin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karakeçe
authors.forename: Tezcan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaya
authors.forename: İhsan Hakkı
authors.initials: İH
authors.lastname: Çiftçi
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tamer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000469:parasitology; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017171:Strongyloides stercoralis; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology; D014421:Turkey; D014806:Vitamin B 12 Deficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology