Late post-kidney transplant Strongyloides hyperinfection syndrome

Angie Nishio Lucar, Daphne H. Knicely, Costi D. Sifri

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Abstract

Disseminated strongyloidiasis is a potentially life-threatening infection in organ transplant recipients that typically occurs within the first 6 months of transplantation. We discuss a patient from the Appalachia region of Virginia who appeared to acquire Strongyloides stercoralis domestically years after kidney transplantation and then develop disseminated strongyloidiasis.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbere12975
JournalTransplant Infectious Disease
Volume20
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2018

Keywords

  • Strongyloides stercoralis
  • eosinophilia
  • hyperinfection syndrome
  • kidney transplant
  • organ transplant
  • parasitic infection
  • strongyloidiasis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Transplantation

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