Parasites, Hosts and Diseases

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A case of gastric strongyloidiasis in a Korean patient

  • Kim, Jin (Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Seonam University) ;
  • Joo, Hyun-Soo (Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Seonam University) ;
  • Kim, Doo-Hong (Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Seonam University) ;
  • Lim, Ho (Department of Internal Medicine, Gwangju Hospital) ;
  • Kang, Yu-Ho (Department of Internal Medicine, Gwangju Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Myung-Soo (Department of Internal Medicine, Gwangju Hospital)
  • Published : 2003.03.01
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Abstract

A 69-year-old Korean man was admitted to emergency room with complaints of abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea, Laboratory tests revealed eosinophilia, anemia, hypoproteinemia, and hyponatremia. The gastric mucosa showed whitish mottled and slightly elevated lesions on the body angle of antrum. Microscopically, chronic gastritis with incomplete intestinal metaplasia was observed. Many adult worms, larvae, and eggs in cross sections were located in the crypts. Furthermore, the filariform larvae of Strongyloides stercoralis with a notched tail were detected through the culture.

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