Yazdanpanah Fariba, Saba Helena, Rahmani Rabin, Schreiber Z Jacob, Hindy Pierre
Gastroenterology, Gastroenterology Associates of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, USA.
Gastroenterology, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA.
Cureus. 2020 Jan 8;12(1):e6603. doi: 10.7759/cureus.6603.
Strongyloides is a unique nematode in its ability to cause a secondary hyperinfection and disseminated disease several years following initial contact. The prevalence of Strongyloides infection has been rising; it is currently considered a global disease, which presents with a broad spectrum of clinical signs and symptoms among patients. This case report focuses on a 67-year-old Caribbean female presenting with severe weight loss, vomiting, early satiety, and mild anemia who was subsequently diagnosed with strongyloidiasis on the basis of a duodenal biopsy pathology report obtained via esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD).
粪类圆线虫是一种独特的线虫,它能够在初次接触数年之后引发继发性高度感染和播散性疾病。粪类圆线虫感染的患病率一直在上升;目前它被视为一种全球性疾病,在患者中呈现出广泛的临床体征和症状。本病例报告聚焦于一名67岁的加勒比女性,她出现了严重体重减轻、呕吐、早饱感和轻度贫血,随后根据通过食管胃十二指肠镜检查(EGD)获得的十二指肠活检病理报告被诊断为粪类圆线虫病。