Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion (SIADH) in Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection

Strongyloides stercoralis (S. stercoralis) is a soil transmitted intestinal roundworm that has a unique ability to multiply within the human host and reinfect the human carrier by a process of autoinfection. By this property, S. stercoralis can persist as an occult infection for many decades. In sit...

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Published in:	Journal of Global Infectious Diseases
Main Authors:	Deepshikha Nag Chowdhury, Gautamy Chitiki Dhadham, Anish Shah, Walid Baddoura
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Subjects:	Disseminated strongyloidiasis Hyponatremia Parasite Strongyloides hyperinfection Strongyloides stercoralis Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion
Online Access:	http://www.jgid.org/article.asp?issn=0974-777X;year=2014;volume=6;issue=1;spage=23;epage=27;aulast=Chowdhury