| severe and treatment resistant strongyloidiasis--indicator of htlv-i infection. | the association between severe and persistent strongyloidiasis with human t cell lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-1) infection is well documented in reports from htlv-1 endemic regions like japan and jamaica. but there are no reports from non-endemic areas like india. we report a case of severe intestinal strongyloidiasis in a 45-year old keralite man, living in sikkim. despite standard treatment with many courses of albendazole, his stool persistently showed strongyloides stercoralis larvae. in ... | 2007 | 18416349 |