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Disseminated strongyloidiasis presenting as purpura.

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We report a patient with disseminated strongyloidiasis who was being treated with steroids for cerebral edema caused by brain metastases from urinary bladder carcinoma. He had extensive purpura involving the abdomen, arms, and thighs. A skin biopsy specimen showed numerous larvae of Strongyloides

Minimal change nephrotic syndrome in a patient with strongyloidiasis.

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Strongyloidiasis, a chronic infection caused by the intestinal parasite Strongyloides stercoralis, is prevalent in the Nansei Islands of Japan. Here, we report our findings on a case of strongyloidiasis complicated with steroid-resistant minimal change nephrotic syndrome in a 69-year-old male

Severe strongyloidiasis complicated by meningitis and hydrocephalus in an HTLV-1 carrier with increased proviral load.

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We report a 47-year-old Japanese man who was a human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) carrier with strongyloidiasis, and who was born in an area endemic for both Strongyloides stercoralis ( S. stercoralis) and HTLV-1. He presented with edema of both legs. Laboratory examination on admission

Disseminated strongyloidiasis in a immunocompromised host.

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Strongyloidiasis in an immunocompromised patient has the potential to be life threatening. We describe a boy who was on steroids for acute demyelinating myelitis and receiving antibiotics for E. coli UTI and meningitis. He developed anasarca, malabsorption, malnutrition and left ventricular failure.

[A case of strongyloidiasis hyperinfection during oral corticosteroid therapy associated with a nephrotic patient infected with HTLV-1].

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There have been some reports of disseminated Strongyloidiasis associated with immunosuppressive therapy around the endemic area. We encountered an elderly patient with Strongyloidiasis hyperinfection during corticosteroid therapy. The case was a 75-year-old man, living in Tokunoshima, Kagoshima

The spectrum of GI strongyloidiasis: an endoscopic-pathologic study.

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BACKGROUND The aim of this study was a detailed endoscopic-pathologic assessment of patients with various forms of GI strongyloidiasis. METHODS Six patients with a diagnosis of GI strongyloidiasis who underwent endoscopic evaluation during a 3-year period (January 1998-January 2001) were included.

Strongyloidiasis with gastric mucosal invasion presenting with acute interstitial nephritis.

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We report an atypical occurrence of invasive Strongyloides stercoralis infection of the stomach mucosa in an elderly female patient from Bangka Island, northwestern Indonesia. The patient presented with severe epigastric pain, edema of the legs, proteinuria and severe hypoalbuminemia. Gastric and

[Finding of Strongyloides stercoralis infection, 25 years after leaving the endemic area, upon corticotherapy for ocular trauma].

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In the field of ophthalmology, indications for high-dose corticotherapy are various. This paper reports the case of a Caledonian man who presented with intestinal strongyloidiasis, discovered 25 years after he had left the endemic area. A checkup before corticotherapy for traumatic retina edema

Critical diagnosis of complicated strongyloidosis with nested-PCR and High Resolution Melting analysis (HRM)

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Diagnosis of strongyloidosis is sometimes problematic and requires novel techniques. Here, critical diagnosis of a complicated case of strongyloidosis using molecular methods is reported. A young woman referred to the Diagnostic Laboratory of Strongyloidiasis in School of Public Health, Tehran

Pathology of CNS parasitic infections.

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Parasitic infections of the central nervous system (CNS) include two broad categories of infectious organisms: single-celled protozoa and multicellular metazoa. The protozoal infections include malaria, American trypanosomiasis, human African trypanosomiasis, toxoplasmosis, amebiasis,

Dexamethasone reduces bronchial wall remodeling during pulmonary migration of Strongyloides venezuelensis larvae in rats.

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Strongyloidiasis is an intestinal parasitosis with an obligatory pulmonary cycle. A Th2-type immune response is induced and amplifies the cellular response through the secretion of inflammatory mediators. Although this response has been described as being similar to asthma, airway remodeling during

A Strong and Fortuitous Case of Dyspnea.

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METHODS A 48 year-old man with no past medical history was sent to our emergency department (ED); from a primary care clinic for hypertensive urgency of 200/130. The man reported an intermittent non-productive cough of approximately one year's duration and worsening dyspnea on exertion and orthopnea

Diagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis in a peritoneal effusion from an HIV-seropositive man. A case report.

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BACKGROUND Strongyloides stercoralis, a nematode parasite in humans with free-living and autoinfective cycles, is often an asymptomatic infection of the upper small intestine. If the host becomes immunocompromised, autoinfection may increase the intestinal worm burden and lead to disseminated

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