‌Strongyloidiasis is an intestinal infection caused by a type of roundworm called Strongyloides stercoralis. It can live and reproduce in your intestines for decades without causing symptoms. However, ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Strongyloidiasis' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cure rates were comparable for patients with strongyloidiasis treated with either moxidectin (93.6%) or ...

Background Strongyloidiasis is commonly a clinically unapparent, chronic infection, but immuno suppressed subjects can develop fatal disease. We carried out a review of literature on hyperinfection ...

Human strongyloidiasis is endemic throughout much of Africa, Asia, South America and the South Eastern United States. Primary infection involves penetration of the skin by soil-dwelling infectious ...

THE influence of corticosteroids in initiation or aggravation of infections has been described in detail. 1 In addition to bacterial, viral, rickettsial or fungous infections, 2–4 there is clinical ...

Scientists at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) have developed a more precise diagnostic tool to distinguish between two closely related threadworm species, improving the global ...

Scientists at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) have developed a more precise diagnostic tool to distinguish between two closely related threadworm species, improving the global ...

Strongyloides affects up to 40% of foreign-born Canadians and is often asymptomatic. Risk factors for hyperinfection, which is associated with a high risk of death, include use of immunosuppressant ...

Strongyloidiasis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of peripheral blood eosinophilia in the returned traveller regardless of duration of stay in an endemic country. Consultation with a ...

A 54-year-old male presented with complex partial seizures, mild eosinophilia (10%) and a normal WBC count in April 2000. Over the next 2 years his clinical history was notable for the development of ...

Considering that a considerable number of case reports are described in non endemic countries, we assume that fatal cases must be quite frequent in endemic countries, although they are not frequently ...