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Case Report | Open Access
Neetha S. Murthy1, Morubagal Raghavendra Rao1 , Ranjitha Shankare Gowda1, A. Tejashree1 and Nikita Shah2
1Department of Microbiology, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru, India.
2Post Graduate Microbiology, JSS Medical College, Mysuru, India.
Article Number: 8891 | © The Author(s). 2024
J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2024;18(4):2284-2287. https://doi.org/10.22207/JPAM.18.4.50
Received: 07 August 2023 | Accepted: 05 October 2024 | Published online: 26 November 2024
Issue online: December 2024
Abstract

Strongyloides stercoralis is a nematode typified by a complex replication cycle exhibiting autoinfection, parthenogenesis and a long tenacity of survival in the human host. This infection remains endemic in the humid tropical countries of the world. There exists no gold standard test for the diagnosis of this parasitic infection. However, Inability to clinch the diagnosis can prove fatal among immunosuppressed individuals. We report one such rare case of strongyloidiasis presenting as thrombocytopenic acute gastroenteritis in a patient with chronic kidney disease.

Keywords

Strongyloides Stercoralis, Chronic Kidney Disease, Acute Gastroenteritis, Immunosuppression

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