Abstract
Disseminated strongyloidiasis (DS) is a rare and severe parasitic disease that is difficult to recognize and affects immunocompromised individuals. We report the case of a kidney transplant recipient who presented with DS despite prophylaxis with albendazole. We have discussed the need for better prophylactic strategies and for a higher degree of suspicion in order to diagnose DS.
Highlights
The first report of disseminated strongyloidiasis (DS) in the medical literature dates from 19741
After receiving the patient’s consent, we report the case of a kidney transplant recipient who presented with fatal DS
Ferreira CJA et al - Strongyloidiasis after kidney transplantation. It has been more than 40 years since DS, a lethal form of strongyloidiasis seen in immunocompromised patients, was first described[2,3]
Summary
Carla Juliana Araújo Ferreira[1], Débora Albuquerque da Silva[1], Patrícia Holanda Almeida[1], Leila Silveira Vieira da Silva[1],[2], Valêncio Pereira Carvalho[2], Antônio Fernando Coutinho[2], Francisco Gilberto Pinheiro[2], Raimundo Pires Maia[3], Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Junior[4],[5] and Rodrigo Alves de Oliveira[1],[2]. Departamento de Medicina Interna, Faculdade de Medicina, Campus Cariri, Universidade Federal do Ceará,. Serviço de Nefrologia, Unidade de Hemodiálise e Transplante Renal Dr Joaquim Bezerra, Crato, CE. Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Ceará. Departamento de Medicina Interna, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE. Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Fortaleza.
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