Endoscopic and histopathological study on the duodenum of Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients with S. stercoralis hyperinfection

Case No.	Age/Gender	Presenting symptoms and/or illness	Immunosuppressive state	Diagnosis	Treatment	Outcome
1	51/M	Meningitis, GI bleeding	Alcoholism	Duodenal biopsy, stool	TBZ	Cured
2	72/M	Diarrhea	HTLV-1	Stool	TBZ	Cured
3	80/M	Sepsis, meningitis	HTLV-1, corticosteroids	Duodenal biopsy, stool, sputum, gastroduodenal drainage	TBZ	Cured
4	38/M	Abdominal pain	HTLV-1	Duodenal biopsy, stool	TBZ	Cured
5	58/F	Sepsis, diarrhea, pneumonia	Corticosteroids	Sputum	IVM	Dead
6	86/F	Vomiting, weight loss	HTLV-1, DM	Duodenal biopsy, stool, sputum	IVM	Cured
7	31/F	SBO, abdominal pain, vomiting	HTLV-1, alcoholism	Duodenal biopsy, stool, gastroduodenal drainage	TBZ	Cured
8	58/F	Vomiting, weight loss	HTLV-1	Duodenal biopsy, gastroduodenal drainage	IVM	Cured
9	62/M	Meningitis, diarrhea	HTLV-1, DM	Duodenal biopsy, gastroduodenal drainage	TBZ	Cured
10	73/F	Abdominal pain	HTLV-1, liver cirrhosis	Stool	IVM	Cured
11	58/M	SBO, abdominal pain, vomiting	HTLV-1, DM	Duodenal biopsy	IVM, TBZ	Cured
12	52/M	SBO, abdominal pain, vomiting	HTLV-1	Duodenal biopsy, stool, gastroduodenal drainage	TBZ	Cured
13	74/M	Diarrhea, weight loss	Chronic renal failure	Stool	IVM	Cured
14	66/F	Vomiting, diarrhea	HTLV-1	Duodenal biopsy, stool	TBZ	Cured
15	42/M	SBO, abdominal pain, GI bleeding	HTLV-1	Duodenal biopsy, stool	IVM, TBZ	Cured
16	56/F	Vomiting, abdominal pain	HTLV-1	Duodenal biopsy, gastroduodenal drainage	TBZ	Cured
17	62/M	SBO, abdominal pain, vomiting	None	Stool	TBZ	Cured
18	80/M	SBO, abdominal pain, vomiting	Alcoholism	Stool	IVM	Cured
19	82/M	SBO, meningitis, pneumonia	DM	Stool, sputum	IVM	Dead
20	57/M	Diarrhea, weight loss	HTLV-1	Stool	IVM	Cured
21	76/F	Vomiting, weight loss	HTLV-1	Duodenal biopsy, stool	TBZ	Cured
22	50/F	SBO, abdominal pain, vomiting	HTLV-1, corticosteroids	Duodenal biopsy	IVM	Cured
23	66/M	Vomiting, weight loss	HTLV-1	Duodenal biopsy, gastroduodenal drainage	IVM	Cured
24	71/M	Sepsis, diarrhea	Corticosteroids	Gastroduodenal drainage	IVM	Cured
25	74/F	Vomiting, diarrhea, weight loss	HTLV-1	Gastroduodenal drainage, stool	IVM	Cured

GI: Gastrointestinal; SBO: Small bowel obstruction; DM: Diabetes mellitus; TBZ: Thiabendazole; IVM: Ivermectin.