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Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction in Stool Detects Transmission of Strongyloides stercoralis from an Infected Donor to Solid Organ Transplant Recipients [PDF]

, 2016
Solid organ transplant recipients can acquire Strongyloides stercoralis from an infected donor. The diagnosis of S. stercoralis in immunocompromised individuals may be challenging due to a lower ...
Cañizares, Rosario, González-Costello, José, Gómez Junyent, Joan, Muñoz, José, Paredes-Zapata, David, Rodríguez de las Parras, Esperanza, Ruiz-Arranz, Ángel, Saugar, José María   +7 more
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Screening for strongyloidiasis among selected populations in Taiwan: Prevalence, associated factors, and outcomes

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Background: When and how to screen for strongyloidiasis in high-income countries remain to be elucidated. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence, associated factors, and outcome of strongyloidiasis in Taiwan and proposed clinical criteria for ...
Sung-Hsi Huang, Yen-Lin Chen, Hao-Yu Lin, Aristine Cheng, Lih-Yu Chang, Yi-Chia Huang, Po-Hsien Kuo, Yueh-Feng Wen, Chia-Jung Liu, Chia-Hao Chang, Wei-Shun Yang, Kai-Hsiang Chen, Pin-Ru Chu, Chi-Wei Tseng, Yi-Ching Su, Li-Hsin Su, Li-Ta Keng, Chi-Ying Lin, Un-In Wu, Hsin-Yun Sun, Yu-Tsung Huang, Hong-Ming Hsu, Chien-Ching Hung, Kua-Eyre Su   +23 more
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Environmental Factors and Prevalence of Hookworm infection and Strongyloidiasis in Rural East Kalimantan, Indonesia [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2019
The prevalence of hookworm infection and strongyloidiasis is serious public health concern globally. In rural East Kalimantan, Indonesia has high-risk environmental factors of the prevalence of hookworm infection and strongyloidiasis. In this study would
Sedionoto Blego, Wasessombat Sueptrakool, Punsawad Chuchard, Anamnart Witthaya   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Soil-transmitted helminth infections [PDF]

, 2018
More than a quarter of the world's population is at risk of infection with the soil-transmitted helminths Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm (Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus), Trichuris trichiura, and Strongyloides stercoralis. Infected children
Addiss, David G., Fenwick, Alan, Jourdan, Peter Mark, Lamberton, Poppy H.L.   +3 more
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Serological diagnosis of strongyloidiasis: An evaluation of three commercial assays

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Background Strongyloidiasis is caused by a neglected nematode, manifesting as chronic intestinal infection with potentially severe manifestations. The disease is an emerging problem in non-endemic countries affecting travelers and migrants.
Thomas Weitzel, S. Dittrich, F. Mockenhaupt, Andreas K Lindner   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effectiveness of Strongyloides Recombinant IgG Immunoreactive Antigen in Detecting IgG and IgG4 Subclass Antibodies for Diagnosis of Human Strongyloidiasis Using Rapid Immunochromatographic Tests

Diagnostics, 2020
Human strongyloidiasis is an important soil-transmitted helminthiasis that affects millions worldwide and can develop into fatal systemic strongyloidiasis in immunosuppressed patients.
P. Boonroumkaew, L. Sadaow, O. Sanpool, Rutchanee Rodpai, T. Thanchomnang, Weeraya Phupiewkham, P. Intapan, W. Maleewong   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Disseminated strongyloidiasis complicated by alveolar hemorrhage, meningitis, and septic shock treated with albendazole and subcutaneous ivermectin

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019
The case of a patient with disseminated strongyloidiasis following chemotherapy for lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma is presented.
A. Balkhair, H.B. Taher, I. Al Busaidi, M. Al Amin, A. Al-Khirbash, B. Al Adawi, T. Al-Siyabi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

World Gastroenterology Organisation Global Guidelines: Management of Strongyloidiasis February 2018-Compact Version>.

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 2020
Strongyloides stercoralis is a soil-transmitted helminth, but it has a unique life cycle that can be completed in the human host, in a process known as autoinfection.
M. Farthing, M. Albonico, Z. Bisoffi, D. Bundy, D. Buonfrate, P. Chiodini, P. Katelaris, P. Kelly, L. Savioli, A. L. Mair   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

International Survey on Screening and Management of Strongyloidiasis in Solid Organ Transplant Patients

Transplant Infectious Disease, EarlyView.
This international cross‐sectional survey of healthcare workers caring for solid organ transplant patients identified knowledge gaps regarding Strongyloides transmission and mortality, particularly among non‐infectious disease providers. Screening strategies varied geographically, with universal screening more common in endemic areas and targeted ...
Jacques Simkins, Akshatha Ravindra, Cameron R. Wolfe, Alessandra Mularoni, Monica Slavin, Ines Ushiro‐Lumb, John W. Baddley, Jonathan Hand, Stephanie Pouch, Maricar Malinis, Maristela P. Freire, Marcelo Radisic, Matthew B. Roberts, Ban Hock Tan, Siriorn Watcharananan, Wanessa T. Clemente   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strongyloides stercoralis: systematic review of barriers to controlling strongyloidiasis for Australian indigenous communities.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014
BackgroundStrongyloides stercoralis infects human hosts mainly through skin contact with contaminated soil. The result is strongyloidiasis, a parasitic disease, with a unique cycle of auto-infection causing a variety of symptoms and signs, with possible ...
Adrian Miller, Michelle L Smith, Jenni A Judd, Rick Speare   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source