Disseminated strongyloidiasis complicated by alveolar hemorrhage, meningitis, and septic shock treated with albendazole and subcutaneous ivermectin

A. Balkhair; H.B. Taher; I. Al Busaidi; M. Al Amin; A. Al-Khirbash; B. Al Adawi; T. Al-Siyabi

International Journal of Infectious Diseases (Sep 2019)

Disseminated strongyloidiasis complicated by alveolar hemorrhage, meningitis, and septic shock treated with albendazole and subcutaneous ivermectin

A. Balkhair,
H.B. Taher,
I. Al Busaidi,
M. Al Amin,
A. Al-Khirbash,
B. Al Adawi,
T. Al-Siyabi

Affiliations

A. Balkhair: Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Unit, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman; Corresponding author.
H.B. Taher: Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Unit, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman
I. Al Busaidi: Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Unit, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman
M. Al Amin: Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Unit, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman
A. Al-Khirbash: Department of Pharmacy, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman
B. Al Adawi: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman
T. Al-Siyabi: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 86
pp. 44 – 46

Abstract

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The case of a patient with disseminated strongyloidiasis following chemotherapy for lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma is presented. Keywords: Disseminated strongyloidiasis, Lymphoma, Alveolar hemorrhage, Meningitis, Subcutaneous ivermectin

Published in International Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1201-9712 (Print); 1878-3511 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
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