Strongyloides hyperinfection: a treatment dilemma

Am J Med Sci. 2008 Oct;336(4):358-61. doi: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31815cff89.

Abstract

Strongyloides stercoralis infection is a common cause of abdominal pain and diarrhea worldwide. Usually a chronic and limited disease, it can present a therapeutic dilemma when infection is overwhelming, such as what might occur in an immunosuppressed patient. Here we present a case of strongyloides hyperinfection treated successfully with a veterinary formulation of parenteral ivermectin.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / parasitology
  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Antinematodal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Ileum / parasitology
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Ivermectin / therapeutic use*
  • Male
  • Strongyloides / drug effects*
  • Strongyloidiasis / diagnosis
  • Strongyloidiasis / drug therapy*
  • Strongyloidiasis / immunology

Substances

  • Antinematodal Agents
  • Ivermectin