Factors associated with diagnostic delay and prognosis in hospitalized patients with strongyloidiasis in Okinawa, Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prognosis and factors correlated to diagnostic delays in patients with strongyloidiasis, a parasitic disease, remain poorly understood. This study investigated the relationship among diagnostic delay, prognosis, and eosinophilia in patients with strongyloidiasis.

Methodology/principal findings

Hospitalized patients with a confirmed diagnosis of strongyloidiasis at a single hospital over 10 years (2013-2023) were retrospectively screened. Fifty-five inpatients were included (median age, 81 years); 34 patients (61.8%) were male, and all but one patient was born in Okinawa before 1960. Duration from onset of symptoms to diagnosis was 10 days (median), hospitalization length was 37 days (median), and eight patients (14.5%) died. We classified diagnoses made after ≥30

SUBMITTER: Arima S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12338784 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature