PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Greiner, Katherine
AU  - Bettencourt, Joseph
AU  - Semolic, Carole
TI  - Strongyloidiasis: A Review and Update by Case Example
AID  - 10.29074/ascls.21.2.82
DP  - 2008 Apr 01
TA  - American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
PG  - 82--88
VI  - 21
IP  - 2
4099  - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/21/2/82.short
4100  - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/21/2/82.full
SO  - Clin Lab Sci2008 Apr 01; 21
AB  - A 77-year-old female immigrant from South America presented with epigastric pain, diarrhea, gastrointestinal bleeding, malabsorption, and acid reflux disorder. A gastroduodenoscopy, performed to assess for peptic ulcer disease, revealed parasitic larvae in the duodenal mucosa which were subsequently identified as Strongyloides stercoralis rhabditiform larvae. Anti-helminthic therapy was initiated to resolve infection.OBJECTIVES: Review the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of strongyloidiasis; alert laboratory professionals to the importance of early detection of Strongyloides stercoralis in specimens from immigrants at risk and immunodeficient patients to reduce morbidity and mortality.ABBREVIATIONS: AIDS = acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; EIA = enzyme immunoassay; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; HTLV-1 = human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1; IgE = immunoglobulin E; IgG = immunoglobulin G.