A Case of Rheumatoid Arthritis with Strongyloides stercoralis Hyperinfection
The patient was a 83-year- old male who worked as a farmer. He had complaints of weight loss, abdominal pain and joint pains for almost 5 months. Twenty days ago, the patient was checked at another hospital for complaints of occasional coughing and bloody sputum. He was treated with a diagnosis of p...
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doaj-9ee9949d713441a0a400a1e17da6e2232020-11-25T03:46:14ZengGalenos YayineviTürkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi2146-30772146-30772020-06-0144211211410.4274/tpd.galenos.2020.622213049054A Case of Rheumatoid Arthritis with Strongyloides stercoralis HyperinfectionSelçuk Nazik0Fatih Yıldız1 Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbilogy, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Rheumatology, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey The patient was a 83-year- old male who worked as a farmer. He had complaints of weight loss, abdominal pain and joint pains for almost 5 months. Twenty days ago, the patient was checked at another hospital for complaints of occasional coughing and bloody sputum. He was treated with a diagnosis of pneumonia. His respiratory complaints were reduced, but there was no relief of his ongoing abdominal pain. Gastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy were performed to examine for possible etiologies of continuous abdominal pain. Biopsies were taken from duodenal bulbus and second duodenal segment. Intense eosinophilic leukocyte infiltration and Strongyloides stercoralis larvae were observed in pathologic examination. The patient was successfully treated with albendazole 2x400 mg/day for 7+7 day. http://www.turkiyeparazitolderg.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/a-case-of-rheumatoid-arthritis-with-strongyloides-/38558 rheumatoid arthritisstrongyloides stercoralishyperinfection |
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A Case of Rheumatoid Arthritis with Strongyloides stercoralis Hyperinfection |
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A Case of Rheumatoid Arthritis with Strongyloides stercoralis Hyperinfection |
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A Case of Rheumatoid Arthritis with Strongyloides stercoralis Hyperinfection |
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A Case of Rheumatoid Arthritis with Strongyloides stercoralis Hyperinfection |
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A Case of Rheumatoid Arthritis with Strongyloides stercoralis Hyperinfection |
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case of rheumatoid arthritis with strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection |
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Galenos Yayinevi |
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Türkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi |
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2146-3077 2146-3077 |
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The patient was a 83-year- old male who worked as a farmer. He had complaints of weight loss, abdominal pain and joint pains for almost 5 months. Twenty days ago, the patient was checked at another hospital for complaints of occasional coughing and bloody sputum. He was treated with a diagnosis of pneumonia. His respiratory complaints were reduced, but there was no relief of his ongoing abdominal pain. Gastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy were performed to examine for possible etiologies of continuous abdominal pain. Biopsies were taken from duodenal bulbus and second duodenal segment. Intense eosinophilic leukocyte infiltration and Strongyloides stercoralis larvae were observed in pathologic examination. The patient was successfully treated with albendazole 2x400 mg/day for 7+7 day. |
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rheumatoid arthritis strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection |
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