OBJECTIVE: To analyse clinical and epidemiological characteristics of immigrant patients diagnosed with strongyloidiasis in our area. METHODS: An analyse was performed on patients with strongyloidiasis seen in the Tropical Medicine Unit of the "Hospital de Poniente" in Almeria (Spain), from April 2004 to May 2012. RESULTS: A total of 320 patients were diagnosed with Strongyloides stercoralis infection, and 284 out of 314 patients (90.4%) had a positive specific serology. Forty-two percent of the patients reported symptoms and 45% had eosinophilia. The serological results were monitored in some of the patients, confirming a loss of antibodies in all 20 patients studied. CONCLUSIONS: Strongyloidiasis is a parasitic disease increasingly diagnosed in developed countries due to increased migratory flows from endemic areas. Often being asymptomatic, its diagnosis and treatment may prevent fatal outcomes, especially in immunocompromised patients.
OBJECTIVE: To analyse clinical and epidemiological characteristics of immigrant patients diagnosed with strongyloidiasis in our area. METHODS: An analyse was performed on patients with strongyloidiasis seen in the Tropical Medicine Unit of the "Hospital de Poniente" in Almeria (Spain), from April 2004 to May 2012. RESULTS: A total of 320 patients were diagnosed with Strongyloides stercoralis infection, and 284 out of 314 patients (90.4%) had a positive specific serology. Forty-two percent of the patients reported symptoms and 45% had eosinophilia. The serological results were monitored in some of the patients, confirming a loss of antibodies in all 20 patients studied. CONCLUSIONS:Strongyloidiasis is a parasitic disease increasingly diagnosed in developed countries due to increased migratory flows from endemic areas. Often being asymptomatic, its diagnosis and treatment may prevent fatal outcomes, especially in immunocompromised patients.
Authors: Fernando Salvador; Begoña Treviño; Sandra Chamorro-Tojeiro; Adrián Sánchez-Montalvá; Juan María Herrero-Martínez; Azucena Rodríguez-Guardado; Núria Serre-Delcor; Diego Torrús; Josune Goikoetxea; Zuriñe Zubero; María Velasco; Elena Sulleiro; Israel Molina; Rogelio López-Vélez; José Antonio Pérez-Molina Journal: PLoS Negl Trop Dis Date: 2019-05-16
Authors: Ana Lucas Dato; María Isabel Pacheco-Tenza; Emilio Borrajo Brunete; Belén Martínez López; María García López; Inmaculada González Cuello; Joan Gregori Colomé; María Navarro Cots; José María Saugar; Elisa García-Vazquez; José Antonio Ruiz-Maciá; Jara Llenas-García Journal: Pathogens Date: 2020-07-23