Title
Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of strongyloidiasis in a hospital in Northern Peru
Other title
Características clínicas y epidemiológicas de la estrongiloidiasis en un hospital del Norte del Perú
Date Issued
01 January 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Asociacion Colombiana de Infectologia
Abstract
Background: Strongyloides stercoralis infection is a neglected tropical disease in endemic areas such as Peru, with an overall frequency of 6.6%. Four clinical syndromes can be distinguished: acute (AS), chronic (CS), hyperinfection (HS) and disseminated strongyloidiasis (DS). Objective: To describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients diagnosed with strongyloidiasis. Material and methods: 27 clinical charts of patients with estrongioloidiasis admitted from July 2014 to August 2015 at the Hospital Regional Lambayeque, from Peru, were reviewed. Results: The median age was 41 years (Interquartile range: 2 to 84) and 74% (20/27) were males. There were 10 (37.04%) cases of CS and 10 cases (37.04%) of HS. Of the total, 63% presented eosinophilia, 85.2% anemia and 85.1% diarrhea; 59.3% were some type of immunocompromise and 18.5% died. Conclusions: The majority of patients with strongyloidiasis in this study presented CS and HS, eosinophilia, anemia, diarrhea and some type of immunocompromise. Also, the high frequency of severe strongyloidiasis in patients with immunocompromise reveals the need for a coproparasitological screening with specific methods (Baerman and agar culture) to detect and treat previously chronic infection.
Start page
131
End page
135
Volume
22
Issue
3
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Epidemiología Parasitología Pediatría Enfermedades infecciosas
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85045400420
Source
Infectio
ISSN of the container
01239392
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