Hyperinfection with Strongyloides stercoralis in an immunocompromised patient.
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strongyloides stercoralis, hyperinfection syndrome, immunocompromised, corticoid, screening.Abstract
Intestinal parasitosis by Strongyloides stercoralis is an endemic infection in Argentina. It produces chronic and asymptomatic infection. However, changes in immunity can lead to hyperinfection syndrome, dissemination and death. We present a 58-year-old patient, native of Corrientes (Argentina), with a history of lung cancer with central nervous system secondary treatment under holocranial radiotherapy and dexamethasone 4 mg /day for 20 days with fulminating hyperinfection by Strongyloides stercoralis, despite treatment with ivermectin.
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