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

Scand J Infect Dis. 2002;34(11):856-7. doi: 10.1080/0036554021000026943.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / complications
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / parasitology
  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Appendicitis / complications*
  • Appendicitis / parasitology*
  • Greece
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Strongyloides stercoralis / isolation & purification*
  • Strongyloides stercoralis / physiology*
  • Strongyloidiasis / complications*