Literature DB >> 12578162

Strongyloides stercoralis infection as a cause of acute granulomatous appendicitis in an HIV-positive patient in Athens, Greece.

Evangelos Felekouras1, Michail Kontos, Vassiliki Kyriakou, Dimitris Hatzianagnostou, Kyriaki Dimaroggona, Efstathios Papalampros, Theodore Kordossis, Elias Bastounis.   

Abstract

A case of acute granulomatous appendicitis due to Strongyloides stercoralis infection in an HIV-positive patient is described. To our knowledge this is the first case presented in the literature.

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Year:  2002        PMID: 12578162     DOI: 10.1080/0036554021000026943

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Scand J Infect Dis        ISSN: 0036-5548


  5 in total

1.  Eosinophilic acute appendicitis caused by Strongyloides stercoralis and Enterobius vermicularis in an HIV-positive patient.

Authors:  Dennis Baroni Cruz; Bruno Kras Friedrisch; Vilmar Fontanive Junior; Vívian Wünderlich da Rocha
Journal:  BMJ Case Rep       Date:  2012-03-27

2.  Possible Strongyloides stercoralis infection diagnosed by videocapsule endoscopy in an immunocompetent patient with devastating diarrhea.

Authors:  Dimitrios Xouris; Irene Vafiadis-Zoumbulis; Kostis Papaxoinis; Giorgos Bamias; George Karamanolis; Janis Vlachogiannakos; Spiros D Ladas
Journal:  Ann Gastroenterol       Date:  2012

3.  Unusual histopathological findings in appendectomy specimens: a retrospective analysis and literature review.

Authors:  Sami Akbulut; Mahmut Tas; Nilgun Sogutcu; Zulfu Arikanoglu; Murat Basbug; Abdullah Ulku; Heybet Semur; Yusuf Yagmur
Journal:  World J Gastroenterol       Date:  2011-04-21       Impact factor: 5.742

4.  Appendicitis in HIV-infected patients during the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy.

Authors:  N Crum-Cianflone; J Weekes; M Bavaro
Journal:  HIV Med       Date:  2008-07       Impact factor: 3.180

5.  Cytomegalovirus immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome manifesting as acute appendicitis in an HIV-infected patient.

Authors:  Kimberly F Faldetta; Sarah Kattakuzhy; Hao-Wei Wang; Irini Sereti; Virginia Sheikh
Journal:  BMC Infect Dis       Date:  2014-06-09       Impact factor: 3.090

  5 in total

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