Open AccessStrongyloides stercoralisInfection in Solid Organ Transplant Patients Is Associated With Eosinophil Activation and Intestinal Inflammation: A Cross-sectional Study
Author(s) -
Eva H. Clark,
Haley Pritchard,
Vagish Hemmige,
Alejandro Restrepo,
Karla J. Bautista,
Ashish Damania,
Alessandra Ricciardi,
Thomas B. Nutman,
Rojelio Mejía
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases/clinical infectious diseases (online. university of chicago. press)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciaa233
Subject(s) - eosinophil , strongyloidiasis , immunology , medicine , eosinophil cationic protein , eosinophilia , strongyloides stercoralis , eosinophil peroxidase , major basic protein , antigen , asthma , helminths
Strongyloidiasis can cause devastating morbidity and death in immunosuppressed patients. Identification of reliable biomarkers for strongyloidiasis in immunosuppressed patients is critical for the prevention of severe disease.