Disseminated strongyloidiasis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis:A case report

作     者：Jin-Hao Zheng Lu-Yu Xue 

作者机构：Department of Critical Care MedicineHuashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan UniversityShanghai 200040China 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Clinical Cases》 (世界临床病例杂志)

年 卷 期：2022年第10卷第18期

页      面：6163-6167页

核心收录：

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Strongyloidiasis Rheumatoid arthritis Immunosuppressants Small-bowel obstruction Ivermectin Albendazole Case report 

摘      要：BACKGROUND Strongyloidiasis is usually a chronic infection but it can develop into a fatal disease in immunosuppressed *** SUMMARY A 68-year-old male with rheumatoid arthritis was treated with a variety of immunosuppressants for the past 3 ***,the patient presented with a partial small-bowel obstruction,petechia,coughing and peripheral *** diagnosis was difficult to clarify in other *** hospital found Strongyloides stercoralis larvae with active movement in the routine stool and sputum *** diagnosis of disseminated strongyloidiasis was *** combined with albendazole was used for *** patient responded to therapy and was *** This case underscores the importance of comprehensive differential diagnosis in immunocompromised patients.