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An Autopsy Case of Disseminated Strongyloidiasis Combined with Cytomegalovirus Infection

Authors :
Keishin, Sunagawa
Haruko, Nishio
Noriko, Kinukawa
Tsutomu, Yamada
Norimichi, Nemoto
Toyoko, Ochiai
Source :
Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases. 64:150-152
Publication Year :
2011
Publisher :
Editorial Committee of Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Infectious Dis, 2011.

Abstract

We report a rare autopsy case of disseminated strongyloidiasis combined with cytomegalovirus co-infection involving a 68-year-old man, who was originally from Okinawa Prefecture in southern Japan, where strongyloidiasis occurs sporadically among the elderly. This patient was admitted with a diagnosis of drug eruption and hypereosinophilic syndrome. He was administered steroid therapy, but suffered complications of fever, respiratory distress, and pulmonary hemorrhaging. The autopsy findings showed disseminated strongyloidiasis in the alveolar spaces and the intestine and cytomegalovirus inclusion body foci in the lungs.

Details

ISSN :
18842836 and 13446304
Volume :
64
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....92320e74dc26dc4e6c3331557f81be55
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.7883/yoken.64.150