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Hyperinfection syndrome

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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
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Abstract: Strongyloides hyperinfection syndrome is one of several clinical manifestations of strongyloidiasis and has a mortality rate exceeding 85%.
Not your typical Strongyloides infection: a literature review and ... by Garland, Jeffrey L. / Southern Medical Journal
2) There are two severe forms of strongyloidiasis: hyperinfection syndrome and disseminated strongyloidiasis.
Successful ivermectin treatment of hepatic strongyloidiasis ... by Vardareli, Eser / Southern Medical Journal
Longworth DL, Weller PF: Hyperinfection syndrome with strongyloidiasis.
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