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Late post‐kidney transplant Strongyloides hyperinfection syndrome
Author(s) -
Nishio Lucar Angie,
Knicely Daphne H.,
Sifri Costi D.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/tid.12975
Subject(s) - strongyloides stercoralis , strongyloidiasis , medicine , strongyloides , organ transplantation , kidney transplantation , transplantation , immunosuppression , intensive care medicine , immunology , helminths
Disseminated strongyloidiasis is a potentially life‐threatening infection in organ transplant recipients that typically occurs within the first 6 months of transplantation. We discuss a patient from the Appalachia region of Virginia who appeared to acquire Strongyloides stercoralis domestically years after kidney transplantation and then develop disseminated strongyloidiasis.