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