STRONGYLOIDIASIS ASSOCIATED WITH NEPHROTIC SYNDROME

Citation
S. Mori et al., STRONGYLOIDIASIS ASSOCIATED WITH NEPHROTIC SYNDROME, Internal medicine, 37(7), 1998, pp. 606-610
Citations number
13
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
ISSN journal
0918-2918
Volume
37
Issue
7
Year of publication
1998
Pages
606 - 610
Database
ISI
SICI code
0918-2918(1998)37:7<606:SAWNS>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We report a nephrotic syndrome patient with eosinophilia who developed ileus, epigastralgia and malabsorption due to strongyloidiasis which became symptomatic by steroid therapy, The patient was then treated wi th thiabendazole and recovered. A percutaneous renal biopsy revealed m inimal change nephrotic syndrome, This renal injury may be brought on by severe infection of Strongyloides stercoralis, It is important to r ule out strongyloidiasis prior to corticosteroid therapy to patients f rom eosinophilia endemic areas.