Detection of Strongyloides stercoralis in the cerebrospinal fluid of a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

O M Takayanagui; M M Lofrano; M B Araúgo; L Chimelli

doi:10.1212/wnl.45.1.193

Detection of Strongyloides stercoralis in the cerebrospinal fluid of a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Neurology. 1995 Jan;45(1):193-4. doi: 10.1212/wnl.45.1.193.

Authors

O M Takayanagui¹, M M Lofrano, M B Araúgo, L Chimelli

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo University, Brazil.

PMID: 7824118
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.45.1.193

Abstract

We report a case of Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome with CNS involvement who died despite prompt institution of thiabendazole.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / cerebrospinal fluid
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis*
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / cerebrospinal fluid*
Adult
Animals
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Male
Strongyloides stercoralis / isolation & purification*
Strongyloidiasis / cerebrospinal fluid
Strongyloidiasis / diagnosis*
Strongyloidiasis / drug therapy
Thiabendazole / therapeutic use

Substances

Thiabendazole