RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Interrelation of strongyloidiasis and tuberculosis.
JF Gut
JO Gut
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Society of Gastroenterology
SP 1001
OP 1003
DO 10.1136/gut.35.7.1001
VO 35
IS 7
A1 Dwarakanath, A D
A1 Welton, M
A1 Ellis, C J
A1 Allan, R N
YR 1994
UL http://gut.bmj.com/content/35/7/1001.abstract
AB A 31 year old man from Gambia, resident in the United Kingdom for two years, presented with a two month history of unproductive cough, malaise, weight loss, non-specific abdominal pain, and episodic diarrhoea. Acid alcohol fast bacilli were identified in his sputum, together with Strongyloides stercoralis larvae and Giardia lamblia cysts in his stools. This case illustrates that latent strongyloidiasis can become overt in the presence of tuberculosis, and the diagnosis of strongyloidiasis must be borne in mind in patients who have previously resided in endemic regions.