Gastroduodenal strongyloidiasis infection causing protein-losing enteropathy: A case report and review of the literature
Strongyloides stercoralis is an intestinal nematode in which adult worms in the host small intestine can cause strongyloidiasis. Symptoms in immunocompromised patients might range from diarrhea and bleeding to sepsis and even death. A 56-year-old patient presented with a 2-month history of weight lo...
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| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-07-01
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| Series: | Heliyon |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023053021 |