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Case of Strongyloides hyperinfection syndrome
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  1. Kevin Kuriakose1,
  2. Kelly Carpenter2,
  3. Celestine Wanjalla1,
  4. April Pettit1
  1. 1Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
  2. 2Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Kevin Kuriakose, kkuriakose6{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2016-218320

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    A woman aged 36 years with untreated AIDS presented with symptoms of abdominal pain, increasing dyspnoea with haemoptysis and weight loss. Prior to arrival in the USA, she lived in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She was afebrile, and had bilateral expiratory wheezing on examination. T-helper CD4 cell count was 106 (9%) and HIV PCR quantification was 1 146 362 copies/mL. A CT scan revealed bilateral ground glass opacities, diffuse small bowel wall thickening and mild hepatosplenomegaly. A bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) showed 11 …

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