RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Strongyloides stercoralis
JF Canadian Medical Association Journal
JO CMAJ
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 933
OP 935
VO 118
IS 8
A1 Barr, J. R.
YR 1978
UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/118/8/933.abstract
AB Strongyloides stercoralis, a nematode not well known to many Canadian physicians, infects 35% of some tropical populations. Larvae can be isolated from the stools in 25% of cases and from duodenal aspirates in 95%. Treatment is with thiabendazole given twice daily in a dose of 25 mg/kg up to a maximum of 1.5 g/d. Frenquently an individual with a previously asymptomatic infection presents with hyperinfection and death rapidly ensues, but usually classical symptoms are present. Such a case is described. Immunosuppression is frequently associated with the hyperinfective state.