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Late post-kidney transplant Strongyloides hyperinfection syndrome.

Angie Nishio LucarDaphne H KnicelyCosti D Sifri
Published in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2018)
Disseminated strongyloidiasis is a potentially life-threatening infection in organ transplant recipients that typically occurs within the first 6 months of transplantation. We discuss a patient from the Appalachia region of Virginia who appeared to acquire Strongyloides stercoralis domestically years after kidney transplantation and then develop disseminated strongyloidiasis.
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