Bacterial complications of strongyloidiasis: Streptococcus bovis meningitis

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Abstract
We report the case of a 64-year-old veteran who had Streptococcus bovis meningitis as a result of a long latent Strongyloides infection that became acute when he was treated with prednisone. We reviewed 38 reported cases of serious bacterial infections associated with strongyloidiasis. Patients most …
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Journal southern medical journal
Year 1999
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE review animals humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine male case reports middle aged meningitis bacterial / etiology* immunocompromised host* pmid:10414486 doi:10.1097/00007611-199907000-00016 k link r orenstein anti-inflammatory agents / adverse effects* bacteremia / etiology* enterococcus faecalis* giant cell arteritis / complications giant cell arteritis / diagnosis giant cell arteritis / drug therapy* gram-positive bacterial infections / etiology* prednisone / adverse effects* streptococcal infections / etiology* streptococcus bovis* strongyloides stercoralis* strongyloidiasis / complications* strongyloidiasis / diagnosis strongyloidiasis / drug therapy strongyloidiasis / immunology

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