Acute Respiratory Failure Due to Disseminated Strongyloidiasis in a Renal Transplant Recipient

Brief Reports1 October 1977Acute Respiratory Failure Due to Disseminated Strongyloidiasis in a Renal Transplant RecipientCHARLES H. SCOGGIN, M.D., N. BRANSON CALL, M.D.CHARLES H. SCOGGIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, N. BRANSON CALL, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-87-4-456 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPatients receiving renal transplants are subject to unusual opportunistic infections as a consequence of immunosuppression. These infections may present with respiratory manifestations and be confused with other illnesses.We describe here a patient who rapidly developed bilateral pulmonary infiltrates and progressive respiratory insufficiency in whom sputum examination, and later autopsy, revealed Strongyloides stercoralis.A 45-year-old man underwent cadaveric renal transplantation at Duke University Medical Center for chronic renal failure. Pretransplantation evaluation showed 3 to 5 eosinophils/100 leukocytes, but the cause was not investigated. Posttransplantation recovery was uneventful except for a mild episode of transplant rejection, which was treated with high-dose...References1. FULMERHUEMPFNER HH: Intestinal helminths in eastern Kentucky: a survey in the rural counties. Am J Trop Med 14:269-275, 1965 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. RIVERAMALDONADOVÉLEZ-GARCÍAGRILLOMALARET ENEAG: Hyperinfection with Strongyloides stercoralis. Ann Intern Med 72:199-204, 1970 LinkGoogle Scholar3. EVELANDKENNEYYERMAKOV LMV: Laboratory diagnosis of autoinfection in strongyloidiasis. Am J Clin Pathol 63:421-425, 1975 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. FAUST E: Experimental studies on human and primate species of Strongyloides. IV. The pathology of Strongyloides infection. Arch Pathol 19:769-806, 1939 Google Scholar5. MOST H: Treatment of common parasitic infections of man encountered in the United States. I. N Engl J Med 287:495-498, 1972 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHemoptysis in Renal Transplant RecipientsImmunocompromised PatientsFatal strongyloides hyperinfection syndrome in a renal allograft recipient: A case report and review of literaturePrevention and Treatment of Infectious Complications After Solid Organ Transplantation in ChildrenParasitic InfectionsStrongyloides hyperinfection syndrome following simultaneous heart and kidney transplantationCase 11-2008Infection in Solid-Organ Transplant RecipientsSevere strongyloidiasis in corticosteroid-treated patients: Case series and literature reviewThe challenges of infection in transplantation: donor-derived infectionsIntestinal StrongyloidiasisParasitic infectionsStrongyloides hyperinfection syndrome after heart transplantation: case report and review of the literaturePulmonary StrongyloidiasisInfection in the Organ Transplant RecipientPneumocystis carinii and Parasitic Infections in the Immunocompromised HostInfections in solid-organ transplant recipientsPneumocystis carinii and Parasitic Infections in the Immunocompromised HostInfection in the Organ Transplant RecipientTransplanted Infections: Donor-to-Host Transmission with the AllograftKeith M. Gottesdiener, MDTherapy of the experimental infection by Strongyloides venezuelensis in rats with injectable ivermectin or levamizolePulmonary Microcalcifications Associated with Strongyloides stercoralis InfectionParasitic Diseases in the Compromised HostInfection in the Renal and Liver Transplant PatientCase 48-1986Infection in renal transplant recipients: Current approaches to diagnosis, therapy, and preventionStrongyloses ratti and S. stercoralis: effects of cambendazole, thiabendazole and mebendazole in vitroTetanus after allogeneic bone-marrow transplantation.Recurrent hyperinfestation with Strongyloides stercoralis in a renal allograft recipient.Strongyloïdose mortelle des sujets immunodéprimés. Revue de la littérature à propos d'un nouveau casClinical features of Strongyloides stercoralis infection in an endemic area of the United StatesRespiratory Failure due to Strongyloides stercoralis in a Patient with a Renal Transplant 1 October 1977Volume 87, Issue 4Page: 456-458KeywordsAutopsyCadaveric renal transplantationOpportunistic infectionsRenal failureRenal transplantationRespiratory failureSputumTransplant rejectionUpper respiratory tract infectionsVentilators Issue Published: 1 October 1977 PDF downloadLoading ...