Strongyloides hyperinfection presenting as proteinlosing enteropathy

Strongyloides stercoralis, a soil-transmitted helminth, affects many people in tropical and subtropical countries. It is known to cause asymptomatic infection in immunocompetent and hyperinfection and disseminated Strongyloides infection in immunocompromised due to autoinfection. Here, we report a c...

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Main Authors: Ilavarasi Lakshmanan, Veeraraghavan Krishnamurthy, Prem Kumar, Mohammed Ali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Digestive Endoscopy
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0976-5042.202812