hyperinfection syndrome

hyperinfection syndrome

Disseminated parasitosis in immunosuppressed, malignant, or malnourished hosts, caused by autoinfection with Strongyloides stercoralis Clinical Abrupt onset of high fever, abdominal pain, bloating, intestinal ulcerations, gram-negative sepsis and shock; intense transpulmonary nematodal migration results in dyspnea, cough, hemoptysis Treatment Thiabendazole Prevention Wear shoes, boil water

Hyperinfection syndrome

A condition of massive infection in which threadworm larvae multiply rapidly and spread throughout the body. It is usually associated with damage to the immune system, the use of steroid medications, or malnutrition.Mentioned in: Threadworm Infection