[Rare Case of Strongyloides stercoralis with Vitamin B12 Deficiency]

Turkiye Parazitol Derg. 2015 Sep;39(3):238-40. doi: 10.5152/tpd.2015.3712.
[Article in Turkish]

Abstract

Strongyloidiyasis is endemic in tropical and subtropical regions, and mostly soil transmitted nematode disease that is seen as sporadic cases in Turkey. As may be asymptomatic in healthy individuals, it may even cause death in immunosuppressive people. We report a case of Strongyloides stercoralis infection in a patient, 29 years old young male was admitted to our institution with diarrhea who has got vitamin B12 deficiency and eosinophilia. The case represents an extremely rare and in our knowledge, it is the first case in Sakarya.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Diarrhea / parasitology
  • Eosinophilia / complications
  • Eosinophilia / parasitology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Strongyloides stercoralis*
  • Strongyloidiasis / complications*
  • Strongyloidiasis / parasitology
  • Turkey
  • Vitamin B 12 Deficiency / complications*
  • Vitamin B 12 Deficiency / parasitology