Fatal recurrent bacterial meningitis: a complication of chronic Strongyloides infection

Eur J Intern Med. 2008 Oct;19(6):e42-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2007.07.009. Epub 2008 Apr 18.

Authors

Marina Somin¹, Vladimir Neogolani, Oren Zimhony, Alex Wolpart, Nadia Sokolowski, Stephen Malnick

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine C, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel.

PMID: 18848169
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2007.07.009

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Animals
Chronic Disease
Enterococcus faecium / isolation & purification
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Male
Meningitis, Bacterial / etiology
Meningitis, Bacterial / microbiology*
Recurrence
Strongyloides
Strongyloidiasis / complications*
Strongyloidiasis / pathology