Strongyloidiasis in the immunosuppressed host
Santiago-Delpín, E.A.; Rodríguez-Campos, B.; Ramírez-González, R.E.; Miranda, J.L.
Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico 74(4): 134-135
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-4849 PMID: 6758805 Document Number: 700020
A case of fatal disseminated Strongyloides stercoralis infection is reported in a 29-year-old man 8 months after kidney transplantation. Retrospectively, occasional eosinophilia could have been the only alerting sign after transplantation. Subsequently, 3 other transplant patients with strongyloidiasis were diagnosed and treated successfully, suspected on the basis of persistent eosinophilia.
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