Belani Anusha, Mishra Chaitanya, Mihova Daniela, Gleeson Todd, Nahar Anita
Department of Medicine, Frederick Health Hospital, 400 W 7th Street, Frederick, MD 21701, USA.
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 4494 Palmer Rd N, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.
Trop Med Infect Dis. 2025 May 20;10(5):143. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed10050143.
Strongyloidiasis is a common intestinal infection that may persist in humans for decades without symptoms or can present as a potentially fatal, broadly disseminated infection in an immunocompromised host. This report describes a rare case of concomitant strongyloidiasis and meningitis that was successfully recognized and treated in a patient 20 years post-renal transplantation.
类圆线虫病是一种常见的肠道感染,可在人类体内持续数十年而无任何症状,也可能在免疫功能低下的宿主中表现为潜在致命的广泛播散性感染。本报告描述了一例肾移植术后20年的患者同时发生类圆线虫病和脑膜炎的罕见病例,该病例得到了成功诊断和治疗。