Kadılar Özlem, Bozkurt Berna, Karakeçe Engin, Kaya Tezcan, Çiftçi İhsan Hakkı, Tamer Ali
Sağlık Bakanlığı Sakarya Üniversitesi Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Tıbbi Biyokimya Anabilim Dalı, Sakarya, Türkiye.
Turkiye Parazitol Derg. 2015 Sep;39(3):238-40. doi: 10.5152/tpd.2015.3712.
Strongyloidiyasis is endemic in tropical and subtropical regions, and mostly soil transmitted nematode disease that is seen as sporadic cases in Turkey. As may be asymptomatic in healthy individuals, it may even cause death in immunosuppressive people. We report a case of Strongyloides stercoralis infection in a patient, 29 years old young male was admitted to our institution with diarrhea who has got vitamin B12 deficiency and eosinophilia. The case represents an extremely rare and in our knowledge, it is the first case in Sakarya.
粪类圆线虫病在热带和亚热带地区呈地方性流行,是一种主要经土壤传播的线虫病,在土耳其多为散发病例。在健康个体中可能无症状,甚至在免疫抑制人群中可导致死亡。我们报告一例粪类圆线虫感染病例,一名29岁年轻男性因腹泻入院,伴有维生素B12缺乏和嗜酸性粒细胞增多。该病例极为罕见,据我们所知,是萨卡里亚的首例。