Strongyloides hyperinfection: a preventable complication of immunosuppression

Med J Aust. 2022 Jun 20;216(11):561-562. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51561. Epub 2022 May 26.

Authors

Robert G Stolz¹, Mark R Dowling^{2

3}, Belinda B Lin⁴, Kylie Mason^{2

3}, Stephen Muhi⁵

Affiliations

¹ Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.
² Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC.
³ Melbourne Health, Melbourne, VIC.
⁴ Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, VIC.
⁵ Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.

PMID: 35616017
DOI: 10.5694/mja2.51561

No abstract available

Keywords: Infectious diseases; Opportunistic infections; Parasitic diseases.

MeSH terms

Animals
Humans
Immunosuppression Therapy / adverse effects
Strongyloides
Strongyloides stercoralis*
Strongyloidiasis* / complications
Strongyloidiasis* / prevention & control