A 36-year-old man with vomiting, pain abdomen, significant weight loss, hyponatremia, and hypoglycemia

A 36-year-old man with vomiting, pain abdomen, significant weight loss, hyponatremia, and hypoglycemia

Diagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection can be a challenge. The key to a timely diagnosis is to have a high index of suspicion. We present a rare case of a 36-year-old human immunodeficiency virus negative male patient, who was on multidrug therapy for lepromatous leprosy and was treat...

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Main Authors: Deepti Mutreja, Kartik Sivasami, Vanmalini Tewari, Bhaskar Nandi, G Lakhsmi Nair, Sunita D Patil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
Subjects:
Adrenal crisis
hyponatremia
leprosy
Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection
Online Access:http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2015;volume=58;issue=4;spage=500;epage=505;aulast=Mutreja

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http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2015;volume=58;issue=4;spage=500;epage=505;aulast=Mutreja

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