Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and bronchial asthma: a case report

Altintop, Levent; ÇAKAR, BURCU; Hokelek, Murat; Bektaş, Ahmet; Yıldız, Levent; Karaoglanoglu, Muge

doi:10.1186/1476-0711-9-27

Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and bronchial asthma: a case report

Atıf İçin Kopyala

Altintop L., ÇAKAR B., Hokelek M., Bektaş A., Yıldız L., Karaoglanoglu M.

ANNALS OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND ANTIMICROBIALS, cilt.9, 2010 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 9
Basım Tarihi: 2010
Doi Numarası: 10.1186/1476-0711-9-27
Dergi Adı: ANNALS OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND ANTIMICROBIALS
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: Strongyloides stercoralis is a soil-transmitted intestinal nematode that has been estimated to infect at least 60 million people, especially in tropical and subtropical regions. Strongyloides infection has been described in immunosupressed patients with lymphoma, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes mellitus etc. Our case who has rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and bronchial asthma was treated with low dose steroids and methotrexate.