Open AccessTransmission of Strongyloides steracolis Person to Person
Author(s) -
John S. Czachor,
Anovick Jonas
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of travel medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1708-8305
pISSN - 1195-1982
DOI - 10.2310/7060.2000.00063
Subject(s) - medicine , strongyloides , strongyloidiasis , transmission (telecommunications) , index case , strongyloides stercoralis , index (typography) , disease , disease transmission , immunology , pediatrics , helminths , virology , electrical engineering , world wide web , computer science , engineering
A case of presumed person-to-person transmission of Strongyloides steracolis is described. The index case was immunocompromised following high dose glucocorticosteroid therapy for myelodysplasia, which resulted in reactivation of latent strongyloides infection with the hyperinfestation syndrome. Physicians unfamiliar with this disease should realize that a history of foreign travel is unnecessary to acquire this parasite, and that transmission to persons in close proximity to the index case does occur and warrants treatment.
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