A British Second World War veteran with disseminated strongyloidiasis

G. V. Gill; Nicholas Beeching; S. Khoo; J. W. Bailey; S. Partridge; J. W. Blundell; A. R. Luksza

doi:10.1016/j.trstmh.2003.11.002

A British Second World War veteran with disseminated strongyloidiasis

G. V. Gill, Nicholas Beeching, S. Khoo, J. W. Bailey, S. Partridge, J. W. Blundell, A. R. Luksza

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A case is described of a 78-year-old British veteran of the Second World War (1939-45) who was stationed in Southeast Asia and who developed a recurrent pneumonia with blood eosinophilia. He was treated with steroids, and eventually died with a severe Pseudomonas pneumonia. Just prior to death, larvae of Strongyloides stercoralis were identified in his sputum, and a specific serum ELISA test was later positive. At autopsy no other organs were involved, but bronchoalveolar carcinoma was found. Longstanding (57 years) chronic strongyloidiasis in a veteran who served in Southeast Asia but who was not a prisoner of war is very unusual. The pattern of dissemination was also not that of a true hyperinfection syndrome, and the case demonstrates the continued need for diagnostic vigilance amongst former soldiers who were based in the Far East. (C) 2004 Royal society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	382-386
Number of pages	5
Journal	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume	98
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trstmh.2003.11.002
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2004

Keywords

Second World War veteran
Singapore
Strongyloides stercoralis
Strongyloidiasis

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A British Second World War veteran with disseminated strongyloidiasis

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