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Case Report: Disseminated Strongyloidiasis in a Patient with COVID-19.
- Source :
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The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene [Am J Trop Med Hyg] 2020 Oct; Vol. 103 (4), pp. 1590-1592. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- The SARS-CoV-2 virus has emerged and rapidly evolved into a current global pandemic. Although bacterial and fungal coinfections have been associated with COVID-19, little is known about parasitic infection. We report a case of a COVID-19 patient who developed disseminated strongyloidiasis following treatment with high-dose corticosteroids and tocilizumab. Screening for Strongyloides infection should be pursued in individuals with COVID-19 who originate from endemic regions before initiating immunosuppressive therapy.
- Subjects :
- Adrenal Cortex Hormones administration & dosage
Aged
Animals
Anthelmintics therapeutic use
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized administration & dosage
Betacoronavirus pathogenicity
COVID-19
Coinfection
Connecticut
Coronavirus Infections drug therapy
Coronavirus Infections immunology
Coronavirus Infections virology
Diabetes Mellitus drug therapy
Diabetes Mellitus immunology
Diabetes Mellitus virology
Ecuador
Humans
Hypertension drug therapy
Hypertension immunology
Hypertension virology
Immunologic Factors administration & dosage
Male
Pandemics
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases drug therapy
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases immunology
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases virology
Pneumonia, Viral drug therapy
Pneumonia, Viral immunology
Pneumonia, Viral virology
SARS-CoV-2
Strongyloidiasis drug therapy
Strongyloidiasis immunology
Strongyloidiasis virology
Coronavirus Infections parasitology
Diabetes Mellitus parasitology
Hypertension parasitology
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases parasitology
Pneumonia, Viral parasitology
Strongyloides stercoralis pathogenicity
Strongyloidiasis parasitology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1476-1645
- Volume :
- 103
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 32830642
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0699