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Case Report: Strongyloides stercoralis Hyperinfection in a Patient with HTLV-1: An Infection with Filariform and Rhabditiform Larvae, Eggs, and Free-Living Adult Females Output
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SOUZA, Joelma Nascimento de et al. Case Report: Strongyloides stercoralis Hyperinfection in a Patient with HTLV-1: An Infection with Filariform and Rhabditiform Larvae, Eggs, and Free-Living Adult Females Output. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, v. 99, n. 6, p. 1583-1586, 2018.
0002-9637
10.4269/ajtmh.18-0402
Autor
Souza, Joelma Nascimento de
Soares, Barbara Nascimento Rocha Ribeiro
Goes, Luana Leandro
Lima, Cintia de Souza
Barreto, Nilo Manoel Pereira Vieira
Jacobina, Beatriz Soares
Gonçalves, Noilson
Teixeira, Marcia Cristina Aquino
Castro Filho, Bernardo Galvão
Grassi, Maria Fernanda Rios
Soares, Neci Matos
Resumen
Ministério da Saúde/Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia (PPSUS/FAPESB), Brazil. Strongyloides stercoralis is the main etiological agent of human strongyloidiasis. Severe strongyloidiasis is commonly associated to alcoholism, corticostereoid use, and human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) coinfection. Herein, we report a case of a 13-year-old boy coinfected with S. stercoralis and HTLV-1, excreting several parasitic forms in the stool. The parasitological examination of his feces showed a large amount of filariform (about 3,000 larvae per gram of feces) and rhabditiform larvae (about 2,000 larvae per gram of feces). In addition, free-living adult females (about 50 parasites per gram of feces) and eggs (about 60 eggs per gram of feces) were detected. The main laboratory findings pointed to high immunoglobulin E (IgE) levels (228 UI/mL) and eosinophila (11.6%). The patient was treated with three courses of ivermectin (200 µg/kg twice, 2 weeks apart), achieving the parasitological cure. An increase of about 19 times in interleucin (IL)-17 level was observed following the parasitological cure, in addition to a decrease in the white blood cell, eosinophil counts, and IgE levels. This is the first case report, to our knowledge, in which an S. stercoralis adult free-living female was described in human feces and where an increase in IL-17 levels after Strongyloides treatment in a HTLV-1 coinfected individual was observed. This finding raises the need for further studies about IL-17 immunomodulation in S. stercoralis and HTLV-1 coinfected patients. 2021-07-09
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