| disseminated strongyloides stercoralis infection. | a case of disseminated s stercoralis is an immunosuppressed patient manifested with diarrhea, a rash, and progressive respiratory insufficiency. the parasites were eradicated with thiabendazole despite continued steroid therapy, and the patient survived the hospitalization. the characteristics of s stercoralis allow it to be harbored within a host for prolonged periods of time, only to disseminate once cell-mediated immunity is suppressed. a diagnosis of strongyloidiasis should be considered in ... | 1993 | 8391722 |
| clinical features of strongyloides stercoralis infection in an endemic area of the united states. | infection with strongyloides stercoralis, the most common intestinal parasite at our hospital, was encountered in 56 patients over a 3-yr period. the majority of the patients were male adults over 50 years old who had a chronic debilitating associated illness; about half the patients were immunocompromised. strongyloidiasis was usually a chronic relapsing illness of mild to moderate severity characterized by gastrointestinal complaints (diarrhea, pain, tenderness, nausea, vomiting) and periphera ... | 1981 | 7227772 |
| epidemiologic features of strongyloides stercoralis infection in an endemic area of the united states. | the epidemiologic features of strongyloides stercoralis infection in kentucky were studied by an analysis of clinical cases at the university of kentucky medical center (ukmc); by an analysis of parasitologic records of the kentucky bureau for health services (kbhs); and by a prospective stool survey of school children in clay county, located in southeastern kentucky, an area of the state previously found to be highly endemic for intestinal parasites. s. stercoralis was the most common parasitic ... | 1982 | 7072896 |
| invasive enteric infections in hospitalized patients with underlying strongyloidiasis. | disseminated strongyloidiasis is often associated with enteric bacterial infections. this study was undertaken to determine if enteric organisms caused extraintestinal infections in patients infected with strongyloides stercoralis but without apparent dissemination. the medical records of hospitalized patients from central kentucky with strongyloidiasis (1993-2003) were examined to determine the occurrence of extraintestinal infections with enteric organisms. of 30 patients with s stercoralis, 1 ... | 2007 | 17875514 |
| prevalence of strongyloides stercoralis antibodies among a rural appalachian population--kentucky, 2013. | we investigated whether strongyloides infection remains endemic in rural kentucky's appalachian regions; 7 of 378 (1.9%) participants tested positive for strongyloides antibodies. we identified no statistically significant association between a positive test and travel to a known endemic country (p = 0.58), indicating that transmission in rural kentucky might be ongoing. | 2014 | 25157122 |
| notes from the field: strongyloidiasis in a rural setting--southeastern kentucky, 2013. | strongyloidiasis is caused by strongyloides stercoralis, a parasitic nematode (worm). initial symptoms can include abdominal pain, diarrhea, or rash. infection is often asymptomatic in the chronic phase but can be life-threatening in immunosuppressed persons. transmission typically occurs when larvae from stool-contaminated soil penetrate skin; intraintestinal autoinfection is also possible, sometimes allowing infection to persist for decades. serologic studies are often used in prevalence estim ... | 2013 | 24153316 |