Coinfection of Strongyloides stercoralis and Aspergillus found in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from a patient with stubborn pulmonary symptoms

Jie Guo; Yi Sun; Yanru Man; Xiaochun Huang; Qin Qin; Daoyin Zhou; Anmei Deng

doi:10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.10.26

Coinfection of Strongyloides stercoralis and Aspergillus found in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from a patient with stubborn pulmonary symptoms

J Thorac Dis. 2015 Mar;7(3):E43-6. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.10.26.

Authors

Jie Guo¹, Yi Sun¹, Yanru Man¹, Xiaochun Huang¹, Qin Qin¹, Daoyin Zhou¹, Anmei Deng¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Laboratory Diagnosis, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.

PMID: 25922748
PMCID: PMC4387389
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.10.26

Abstract

We report a case involving coinfection with Strongyloides stercoralis (S. stercoralis) and Aspergillus found in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of an elderly male patient who had a medical history of autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) and who was treated with prednisone therapy 6 months previously. The patient presented with stubborn pulmonary symptoms and signs because of Aspergillus invasion and mechanical destruction caused by larval migration. We found S. stercoralis and Aspergillus in his BALF that provided diagnostic proof.

Keywords: Aspergillus; Strongyloides stercoralis (S. stercoralis); bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF).