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Hyperinfection by strongyloides stercoralis.
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Oman Medical Specialty Board.
Gregorian
2010-04
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English
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Strongyloides stercoralis is an intestinal nematode with a complex life cycle capable of a free living cycle, a parasitic cycle and autoinfection. It is usually asymptomatic in a healthy host but causes life threatening hyperinfection involving multiple organs in immunocompromised patients. However, reports of gastric involvement are very rare. This is a report of gastric strongyloidiasis with evidence of hyperinfection in an elderly Omani patient on chronic corticosteroid therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and H-2 blocker for dyspepsia.
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Gokhale, Uday A., Pillai, G. Rajasekharan, Al-Mammari, Said, & Al-Layla, Dhia (2010). Hyperinfection by strongyloides stercoralis. Oman Medical Journal, 25 (2).
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Journal articles