Atypical clinical presentation of strongyloidiasis in a patient co-infected with human T cell lymphotrophic virus type I.

Abstract

Alterations in the immunologic response induced by human T cell lymphotrophic virus type I (HTLV-I) predispose the development of disseminated strongyloidiasis. We report a case of an atypical clinical presentation of strongyloidiasis in a patient co-infected with HTLV-I causing scrotal and perineal pain and infertility. Strongyloides stercoralis was found in the analysis of the sperm and specific therapy for strongyloidiasis was associated with disappearance of the symptoms.

• Authors: Maria Aurélia F Porto, Lêda M Alcântara, Marcelo Leal, Néviton Castro, Edgar M Carvalho
• Journal: The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (Am J Trop Med Hyg) Vol. 72 Issue 2 Pg. 124-5 (Feb 2005) ISSN: 0002-9637 [Print] United States
• PMID: 15741545 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Topics

• Adult
• Animals
• Diagnosis, Differential
• HTLV-I Infections (complications, diagnosis)
• Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (isolation & purification)
• Humans
• Infertility, Male (etiology)
• Male
• Strongyloides stercoralis (isolation & purification)
• Strongyloidiasis (complications, diagnosis)