DIAGNOSIS OF Strongyloides stercoralis INFECTION IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS BY SEROLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR METHODS

DIAGNOSIS OF Strongyloides stercoralis INFECTION IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS BY SEROLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR METHODS

SUMMARY Strongyloidiasis is a potentially serious infection in immunocompromised patients. Thus, the availability of sensitive and specific diagnostic methods is desirable, especially in the context of immunosuppressed patients in whom the diagnosis and treatment of strongyloidiasis is of utmost imp...

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Main Authors: Fabiana Martins de PAULA, Fernanda Mello MALTA, Marcelo Andreetta CORRAL, Priscilla Duarte MARQUES, Maiara GOTTARDI, Dirce Mary Correia Lima MEISEL, Juliana YAMASHIRO, João Renato Rebello PINHO, Vera Lucia Pagliusi CASTILHO, Elenice Messias do Nascimento GONÇALVES, Ronaldo César Borges GRYSCHEK, Pedro Paulo CHIEFFI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Strongyloides stercoralis
Parasitological diagnosis
ELISA test
Real-time PCR
Immunocompromised
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