2011
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2011.04.010
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Hookworm infection in a healthy adult that manifested as severe eosinphilia and diarrhea

Abstract: A 54-year-old male was admitted because of having suffered from progressive watery diarrhea for 12 days. He had no history of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, heart disease, organ transplantation, or malignancy. After admission, he still complained of diarrhea despite medical treatment. The laboratory examination showed leukocytosis with eosinophilia and a stool examination by the concentration method was negative four times. When a sigmoidoscopy was performed as a part of an explorative survey, a single protr… Show more

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“…Furthermore, treated individuals are still susceptible to reinfection following exposure to third-stage infective hookworm larvae in the soil as early as 4-12 months after the drug treatment. There were case reports about ancylostomiasis in healthy adults [ 3 ], but no cases were reported in uremic patients. Here we report a case of peritoneal dialysis patient with ancylostomiasis for the first time to our knowledge.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Furthermore, treated individuals are still susceptible to reinfection following exposure to third-stage infective hookworm larvae in the soil as early as 4-12 months after the drug treatment. There were case reports about ancylostomiasis in healthy adults [ 3 ], but no cases were reported in uremic patients. Here we report a case of peritoneal dialysis patient with ancylostomiasis for the first time to our knowledge.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Las infecciones por helmintos, incluyendo la infección por anquilostomas, generalmente inducen hipereosinofilia 11,12 . En este caso el paciente no la presentó.…”
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“…El diagnóstico de infección por anquilostomas se realiza generalmente observando sus huevos característicos en las heces, aunque la sensibilidad de la detección puede variar dependiendo de la metodología empleada 3 . Las muestras fecales pueden ser negativas, aunque se observan parásitos adultos en procedimientos endoscópicos [11][12][13] . Este caso de infección por anquilostomas fue diagnos- ticada por duodenoscopia, a través de la observación de parásitos adultos en el duodeno, siendo el primer caso comunicado en Ecuador, aunque reportado en otros países 11,13,14 .…”
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“…1,2 Similar to other helminth infections, high eosinophilia is a hallmark characteristic of this disease. 3 High eosinophilia during the acute, invasive stages of infections with schistosomiasis and strongyloides has been associated with a hypereosinophilic syndrome-type reaction.…”
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