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Strongyloides
stercoralis (Strongyloidiasis)
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Table 1. Approaches to
Anthelmintic Therapy In Patients With Uncomplicated and Complicated
Strongyloidiasis or Who Fail to Respond to Initial Therapy.
All Drugs are Administered
Orally except where indicated. Anthelmintics are Listed in Order of Preference.
Dosing regimens are based on trials and case reports referenced in the
main text.
Table 2. Recent
Studies of The Efficacy of Ivermectin In Uncomplicated Strongyloidiasis.
Figure 1.
Typical rash of larva currens in a Caucasian traveller.
Figure 2.
Rhabditiform larva of Strongyloides stercoralis.
Figure 3.
Duodenal biopsy in a patient with Strongyloides hyperinfection The larvae are
seen within the lumen of the crypts. The intestinal mucosa, which is densely
inflamed, shows the presence of an adult worm, larvae and eggs.
Vignettes
Life Cycle of
Strongyloides
Marcos ER, et al.
Parasitological and immunological diagnosis of
Strongyloides stercoralis in patients with gastrointestinal cancer.
Scand J Infect Dis. 2007;6:1-5 [Epub ahead of print]
Marcos
LA,
et al.
Strongyloides hyperinfection syndrome: an emerging global infectious disease.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2008;102(4):314-8. Epub 2008 Mar 5.
Yeh J.
Historical Overview of Strongyloides stercoralis.
2008
Authors
Michael Brown, BA (Oxon), BM BCh, MRCP, PhD, DTM&H,
David
I. Grove, , M.D., DSc, FRACP, FRCPA, DTM&H
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