Strongyloides infection screening in transplant candidates: What is the best strategy?

Ronaldo César Borges GryschekMarcelo Andreetta CorralRenata Barnabé SittaMaiara GottardiLigia Camera Camera PierrottiSilvia Figueiredo CostaEdson AbdalaPedro Paulo ChieffiFabiana Martins de Paula

Published in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2023)

The set of results allows us to reinforce that a positive result by parasitological techniques and/or qPCR indicates that the specific treatment should be applied. However, the improvement of diagnostic techniques may suggest changes in the screening for strongyloidiasis in these patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
smoking cessation