Strongyloidiasis in a nonagenarian who previously worked in conservancy services

Hong Kong Med J. 2013 Feb;19(1):74-6.

Abstract

We report a case of strongyloidiasis in a patient born in Hong Kong and was possibly infected via her prior occupation in conservancy services. She presented with chronic diarrhoea, anorexia, and extensive scratch marks over the lower extremities. Further assessment yielded eosinophilia, intermittent dyspepsia, and an episode of unexplained Clostridium perfringens bacteraemia. She was treated with a course of albendazole. Subsequently, the eosinophilia and diarrhoea subsided.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Albendazole / therapeutic use*
  • Antinematodal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Diarrhea / parasitology
  • Eosinophilia / parasitology
  • Female
  • Hong Kong
  • Humans
  • Occupational Diseases / drug therapy
  • Occupational Diseases / parasitology
  • Occupational Exposure
  • Strongyloidiasis / diagnosis*
  • Strongyloidiasis / drug therapy

Substances

  • Antinematodal Agents
  • Albendazole