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Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection associated with cimetidine in an immunosuppressed patient: diagnosis by endoscopic biopsy.
  1. C C Ainley,
  2. D G Clarke,
  3. A R Timothy,
  4. R P Thompson

    Abstract

    Immunosuppression causes Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection, but other factors may also be involved. We report a case of S stercoralis hyperinfection in an immunosuppressed patient that followed cimetidine therapy and was diagnosed by endoscopic biopsy.

    https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.27.3.337

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