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Usefulness of Strongyloides stercoralis serology in the management of patients with eosinophilia.
Salvador, Fernando; Sulleiro, Elena; Sánchez-Montalvá, Adrián; Saugar, José María; Rodríguez, Esperanza; Pahissa, Albert; Molina, Israel.
Afiliação
  • Salvador F; Department of Infectious Diseases, Vall d'Hebron Teaching Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, PROSICS Barcelona; Department of Microbiology, Vall d'Hebron Teaching Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, PROSICS Barcelona; Department of Parasitology, National Centre of Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Am J Trop Med Hyg ; 90(5): 830-4, 2014 May.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24615124
Strongyloides stercoralis infection is being increasingly diagnosed out of endemic areas. The aim of this study is to evaluate the usefulness of S. stercoralis serology for the management of probable strongyloidiasis in patients presenting with eosinophilia. Overall, 147 patients were included, 89 (60.5%) patients had a positive S. stercoralis serology. Strongyloides stercoralis larvae were detected only in 15 (10.2%) patients. Twenty-eight patients had human immunodeficiency virus infection. Eighty patients received ivermectin 200 mcg/Kg/day for 2 days, and follow-up 6 months after treatment could be performed in 32 patients: 26 (81.3%) patients reached the response to treatment criteria (negative serology 6 months after treatment or when by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay the optical density ratio of post-treatment to pre-treatment decreased to 0.6), and 11 (34.4%) patients fulfilled the cure criteria (negative serology 6 months after treatment). Strongyloides stercoralis serology is a useful diagnostic tool both in the diagnosis of probable strongyloidiasis and follow-up after treatment.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Estrongiloidíase / Strongyloides stercoralis / Eosinofilia Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Animals / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Revista: Am J Trop Med Hyg Ano de publicação: 2014 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Espanha

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Estrongiloidíase / Strongyloides stercoralis / Eosinofilia Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Animals / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Revista: Am J Trop Med Hyg Ano de publicação: 2014 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Espanha