Case Report
Strongyloides stercoralis and Organ Transplantation
Table 2
Strongyloidiasis in cardiac transplantation.
| Source | Allograft | Time from transplant | Risk factors | Presentation | Diagnostic test | Treatment | Outcome |
| Schaeffer et al. [9] | Heart | 2 months | Travel to southeastern US | Perforated colon | BAL examination | Thiabendazole × 15 days Ivermectin × 15 days | Death |
| El Masry and O’Donnell [10] | Heart | 41 days | From Kentucky | Respiratory distress | Alveolar tissue on autopsy | None | Death |
| Mizuno et al. [11] | Heart/ kidney | 28 days | From Florida | Respiratory distress | Autopsy findings | None | Death |
| Roxby et al. [8] | Heart | 2 months | Immigrant from Ethiopia | Dyspnea Abdominal pain Nausea | Sputum examination | Oral ivermectin | Death |
| Brügemann et al. [12] | Heart | 6 weeks | | Abdominal pain Anorexia Nausea | Skin biopsy | Oral ivermectin × 15 days Albendazole oral × 10 days | Successful treatment |
| Grover et al. [13] | Heart | 4 weeks | From Southeastern US | Nausea vomiting | Duodenal biopsy | Ivermectin | Death |
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