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A 33-years-old man was admitted to the intensive care unit because of alcoholic cirrhosis, cocaine toxicity, and septic shock to be accurately assessed. Further tests were requested.
His X-ray did not show compatible patterns with pulmonary strongyloidiasis, blood culture was positive for enterobacteria that produce Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC), and discrete eosinophylin hemogram and tracheal secretion culture were observed.
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Challenge in the diagnosis of pulmonary strongyloidiasis
PereiraAS, MarquesAG, DoiAM, MartinoMDV, KogaPCM, ChiaratoVR, FungL, et al. Challenge in the diagnosis of pulmonary strongyloidiasis. Einstein (São Paulo) 2018;17(1):eAI4441. https://doi.org/10.31744/einstein_journal/2019AI4441
Pereira,Andrea dos Santos; Marques,Alexandre Gimenes; Doi,André Mario; Martino,Marinês Dalla Valle; Koga,Paula Célia Mariko; Chiarato,Vivian Renata; Fung,Liang; Martins,Rima Batah; Pasternak,Jacyr. Challenge in the diagnosis of pulmonary strongyloidiasis. Einstein (São Paulo), v. 17, n. 1, eAI4441, Dec. 2018. https://doi.org/10.31744/einstein_journal/2019AI4441
Pereira,A.S., Marques,A.G., Doi,A.M., Martino,M.D.V., Koga,P.C.M., Chiarato,V.R., Fung,L., Martins,R.B., & Pasternak,J. (2018). Challenge in the diagnosis of pulmonary strongyloidiasis. Einstein (São Paulo),17(1), eAI4441. https://doi.org/10.31744/einstein_journal/2019AI4441
Pereira,Andrea dos Santos and Marques,Alexandre Gimenes and Doi,André Mario and Martino,Marinês Dalla Valle and Koga,Paula Célia Mariko and Chiarato,Vivian Renata and Fung,Liang and Martins,Rima Batah and Pasternak,Jacyr. Challenge in the diagnosis of pulmonary strongyloidiasis. Einstein (São Paulo) [online]. 2018, vol. 17, n. 1, [cited 2025-09-06], eAI4441. Available from: <https://journal.einstein.br/article/challenge-in-the-diagnosis-of-pulmonary-strongyloidiasis/>. ISSN 1679-4508. https://doi.org/10.31744/einstein_journal/2019AI4441
Figure 3
Strongyloides stercoralis larvae in fresh tracheal secretion.