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Strongyloidiasis at the boston city hospital

Emphasis on gastrointestinal pathophysiology and successful therapy with thiabendazole

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A patient is presented who had heavyStrongyloides infection, manifesting gastrointestinal abnormalities, including achlorhydria to maximal histamine stimulation and malabsorption. Successful cure of strongyloidiasis, in this man

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  1. From the Mallory Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Channing Laboratory, Second and Fourth (Harvard) Medical Services, Boston City Hospital, USA

    H. Amir-Ahmadi M.D. (Research Fellow), P. Braun M.D. (Research Fellow in Bacteriology), F. A. Neva M.D., L. S. Gottlieb M.D. & N. Zamcheck M.D.

  2. Departments of Medicine, Pathology and Bacteriology and Immunology, Harvard Medical School, USA

    H. Amir-Ahmadi M.D. (Research Fellow), P. Braun M.D. (Research Fellow in Bacteriology), F. A. Neva M.D., L. S. Gottlieb M.D. & N. Zamcheck M.D.

  3. Department of Tropical Public Health, Harvard University School of Public Health, USA

    H. Amir-Ahmadi M.D. (Research Fellow), P. Braun M.D. (Research Fellow in Bacteriology), F. A. Neva M.D., L. S. Gottlieb M.D. & N. Zamcheck M.D.

  4. Departments of Pathology, Boston University School of Medicine and Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass, USA

    H. Amir-Ahmadi M.D. (Research Fellow), P. Braun M.D. (Research Fellow in Bacteriology), F. A. Neva M.D., L. S. Gottlieb M.D. & N. Zamcheck M.D.

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Supported by Grants CA-04486 and CA-02090 from the National Cancer Institute, TI AM-5320 and AM-04165 from the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, and HD-01288 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, U. S. Public Health Service; and The Medical Foundation, Inc., Boston, Mass.

The thiabenzadole used in the patients reported was supplied as Mintezol through the courtesy of W. E. Worley, M.D., of Merck Sharp & Dohme, West Point, Pa.

The authors would like to express their appreciation for the assistance provided by the House Officers on the Second and Fourth (Harvard) Medical Services.

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Amir-Ahmadi, H., Braun, P., Neva, F.A. et al. Strongyloidiasis at the boston city hospital. Digest Dis Sci 13, 959–973 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02232919

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