Severe Strongyloides stercoralis infection in kidney transplant recipients: A multicenter case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Severe Strongyloides stercoralis infection in kidney transplant recipients is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality, although little is known about the risk factors for such infection.

Methodology/principal findings

This was a retrospective, multicenter, case-control study in which we assessed the risk factors for and clinical outcomes of severe S. stercoralis infections in kidney transplant recipients in Brazil. We included 138 kidney transplant recipients: 46 cases and 92 controls. Among the cases, the median number of days from transplantation to diagnosis was 117 (interquartile range [IQR], 73.5-965) and the most common clinical findings were gastrointestinal symptoms (in 78.3%) and respiratory symptoms (in 39.1%), whereas fever and eosinophilia

SUBMITTER: Miglioli-Galvao L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7015428 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature