Short report: gastric infection by Strongyloides stercoralis
Wurtz, R.; Mirot, M.; Fronda, G.; Peters, C.; Kocka, F.
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 51(3): 339-340
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9637 PMID: 7943554 Document Number: 427445
Strongyloides stercoralis ordinarily matures in the human proximal small intestine and embeds in the small intestine mucosal wall where eggs are produced. Although Strongyloides may infect many sites in hyperinfection syndromes, reports of gastric involvement are rare. We report a patient taking prednisone and an H2 blocker who developed hyperinfection syndrome, with mucosal Strongyloides larvae seen in a gastric biopsy.