Intestinal Parasites: Helminths, Cestodes, Protozoa (and other ...
Intestinal Parasites: Helminths, Cestodes, Protozoa (and other ... Intestinal Parasites: Helminths, Cestodes, Protozoa (and other ...
Case 4 (continued) Knowing the local epidemiology of her area, you suspect Strongyloidiasis now exacerbated by prolonged steroid course. You send a serum ELISA for Strongyloides which is positive. You stop her steroids and start her on Ivermectin. Despite your best efforts, she passes away after 2 days in the intensive care unit from Stongyloides hyperinfection.
Case 5 An 18 year old previously healthy F presents to your local hospital in Guatemala with a 1 st seizure this afternoon. She had been suffering L sided headaches for the past month. Today she began with right sided with clonic activity then generalized to tonic clonic seizure for 2 minutes. On exam you note a right‐sided hemiplegia with hyperreflexia.
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Case 5<br />
An 18 year old previously healthy<br />
F presents to your local<br />
hospital in Guatemala with a<br />
1 st seizure this afternoon. She<br />
had been suffering L sided<br />
headaches for the past month.<br />
Today she began with right<br />
sided with clonic activity then<br />
generalized to tonic clonic<br />
seizure for 2 minutes. On<br />
exam you note a right‐sided<br />
hemiplegia with hyperreflexia.
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