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Strongyloides hyperinfection in an HIV-positive kidney transplant recipient: a case report.

Sum Wing Christina LaiMatthew AndersonRebecca DavisLyndal AndersonKate WyburnSteve ChadbanDavid Gracey
Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2020)
This case highlights the challenges in diagnosing Strongyloides infection and the need to maintain a high index of clinical suspicion. Non-invasive techniques for the diagnosis of Strongyloides may be insufficient. Routine pre-transplant serological strongyloidiasis screening is now performed at our centre.
Keyphrases
  • hiv positive
  • men who have sex with men
  • antiretroviral therapy
  • south africa
  • human immunodeficiency virus