Marked eosinophilia in an immunosuppressed patient with strongyloidiasis

J Intern Med. 1994 Oct;236(4):473-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.1994.tb00828.x.

Abstract

Strongyloidiasis in immunocompromised patients is typically associated with a fulminant clinical course and little eosinophilia. We describe an immunocompromised patient with strongyloidiasis in whom the infection was only minimally symptomatic in association with a dramatic increase in eosinophil count.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Bone Neoplasms / therapy
  • Combined Modality Therapy / adverse effects
  • Eosinophilia / parasitology*
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host*
  • Male
  • Multiple Myeloma / therapy
  • Strongyloides stercoralis*
  • Strongyloidiasis / complications*
  • Strongyloidiasis / immunology