Coinfection of Strongyloides stercoralis and Aspergillus sp.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Strongyloides stercoralis has the ability to proliferate in its hosts for a long time. In most patients with a competent immune system, the infection remains asymptomatic.

Objectives

Herein, we report a case of concomitant infection of Strongyloides and Aspergillus. Similar cases reported previously were reviewed in the literature and discussed in terms of diagnosis, clinical presentation, and treatment.

Methods

The patient was a 55-year-old man who had a medical history of two masses in his lung and was treated with corticosteroids six months before the presentation.

Results

Using the parasitological methods, massive actively motile larvae of S. stercoralis were seen in the patient's faecal sample. Aspergillus infe

SUBMITTER: Motamedi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7271055 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature