Al. Lin et al., RESTRICTIVE PULMONARY-DISEASE DUE TO INTERLOBULAR SEPTAL FIBROSIS ASSOCIATED WITH DISSEMINATED INFECTION BY STRONGYLOIDES-STERCORALIS, American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 151(1), 1995, pp. 205-209
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10
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care","Respiratory System
Strongyloidiasis is caused by the nematode Strongyloides stercoralis.
The parasite has a unique life cycle that enables it to cause a hyperi
nfection syndrome in which pulmonary involvement is characteristic. We
describe the case of a 68-yr-old Hispanic male from Puerto Rico with
disseminated strongyloidiasis who developed intense granulomatous reac
tion in the lung associated with interlobular septal fibrosis. Granulo
matous lung disease leading to fibrosis within the lung has been well
demonstrated in schistosomiasis, another parasitic disease. This case
represents the first report, as far as we are aware, of fibrosis withi
n the lung and restrictive pulmonary disease in association with Stron
gyloides stercoralis.