Abstract
Four immunocompromised patients, immigrants from Ethiopia, presented with diverse clinical manifestations of meningitis associated with Strongyloides stercoralis dissemination as determined by identification of intestinal larvae. The cerebrospinal fluid of 3 patients was tested by a validated (for stool) real-time PCR for S. stercoralis and was found positive, establishing this association.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 197-199 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease |
Volume | 84 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Mar 2016 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2016 Elsevier Inc.
Keywords
- Immunocompromised host
- Meningitis
- PCR
- Strongyloides stercoralis