Case of death from strongyloidiasis against a background of corticosteroid prescription
Prokhorov, A.F.; Isupov, I.I.
Meditsinskaia Parazitologiia i Parazitarnye Bolezni 47(6): 103-104
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-8326 PMID: 723802 Document Number: 135998
The case history of a patient treated with prednisolone for pemphigus vulgaris for over 2.5 months and diagnosed and treated as a case of Strongyloides infection only 3 days before her death is described. At autopsy strongyloidosis was recorded as the primary cause of death.
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