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An unusual masquerader residing in the lungs

Isabella Princess, Anila Mathan, Shanmugaraj T.K, Suresh Kumar.


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Parasitic infections of the lungs are almost always rare as the number of causative parasites is limited. There is an equal balance between protozoans and helminths causing lung infections. Most of the times, these infections are only seen in immunocompromised individuals. Among the helminths causing infection in this group of patients, Strongyloides stercoralisis associated with hyper infection syndrome. Most of these infections go unnoticed as they are not looked for carefully due to non-suspicion of the same. Development or exacerbation of symptoms is common in acute Strongyloidiasis. In such cases, the mortality rate is quite high. We present a case of pulmonary Strongyloidiasis who presented with acute exacerbation of COPD on corticosteroid therapy in whom the outcome was fatal. J Microbiol Infect Dis 2017; 7(1): 51-53

Key words: Strongyloidiasis, Strongyloides stercoralis, bronchiectasis, COPD


 
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Isabella Princess, Anila Mathan, Shanmugaraj T.K, Suresh Kumar. An unusual masquerader residing in the lungs. J Microbiol Infect Dis. 2017; 7(1): 51-53 . doi:10.5799/jmid.vi.328847


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Isabella Princess, Anila Mathan, Shanmugaraj T.K, Suresh Kumar. An unusual masquerader residing in the lungs. J Microbiol Infect Dis. 2017; 7(1): 51-53 . doi:10.5799/jmid.vi.328847



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Isabella Princess, Anila Mathan, Shanmugaraj T.K, Suresh Kumar. An unusual masquerader residing in the lungs. J Microbiol Infect Dis. (2017), [cited November 22, 2024]; 7(1): 51-53 . doi:10.5799/jmid.vi.328847



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Isabella Princess, Anila Mathan, Shanmugaraj T.K, Suresh Kumar (2017) An unusual masquerader residing in the lungs. J Microbiol Infect Dis, 7 (1), 51-53 . doi:10.5799/jmid.vi.328847



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Isabella Princess, Anila Mathan, Shanmugaraj T.K, Suresh Kumar. 2017. An unusual masquerader residing in the lungs. Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 7 (1), 51-53 . doi:10.5799/jmid.vi.328847



Chicago Style

Isabella Princess, Anila Mathan, Shanmugaraj T.K, Suresh Kumar. "An unusual masquerader residing in the lungs." Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 7 (2017), 51-53 . doi:10.5799/jmid.vi.328847



MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Isabella Princess, Anila Mathan, Shanmugaraj T.K, Suresh Kumar. "An unusual masquerader residing in the lungs." Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 7.1 (2017), 51-53 . Print. doi:10.5799/jmid.vi.328847



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Isabella Princess, Anila Mathan, Shanmugaraj T.K, Suresh Kumar (2017) An unusual masquerader residing in the lungs. Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 7 (1), 51-53 . doi:10.5799/jmid.vi.328847