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Presse Med
; 31(22): 1021-3, 2002 Jun 22.
Artículo
en Francés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12148255
RESUMEN
INTRODUCTION: Disseminated strongyloidiasis occurs in immunodepressed patients, notably those infected by retroviruses. OBSERVATION: A pulmonary strongyloidiasis, complicated by an Escherichia coli meningitis, occurred in a patient exhibiting seropositivity HIV1 for the past year. The status of cell immunity, with 354 lymphocytes T CD4+/mm3, could not explain this severe complication. This led to the diagnosis of an HTLV1 infection. The strongyloidiasis was treated with two cycles of ivermectine, which cured the patient. COMMENTS: In HIV-infected patients exhibiting severe strongyloidiasis, research for an HTLV co-infection is recommended.
Asunto(s)
Infecciones por VIH/complicaciones , Infecciones por HTLV-I/complicaciones , Enfermedades Pulmonares/parasitología , Meningitis por Escherichia coli/patología , Estrongiloidiasis/complicaciones , Antinematodos/uso terapéutico , VIH-1 , Humanos , Huésped Inmunocomprometido , Ivermectina/uso terapéutico , Masculino , Meningitis por Escherichia coli/virología , Persona de Mediana Edad , Pronóstico , Estrongiloidiasis/tratamiento farmacológico
2.
World health
; 46(6): 18-20, 1993-11.
Artículo
en Inglés
| WHO IRIS
| ID: who-326629