Case Reports
[18 cases of anguilluliasis diagnosed at Geneva]
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French]
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Case Reports
[18 cases of anguilluliasis diagnosed at Geneva]
[Article in
French]
Schweiz Med Wochenschr.
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Abstract
Eighteen cases of strongyloidiasis have been diagnosed in Geneva, Switzerland, since the laboratory method of Baërmann was introduced. Digestive disorders were reported by 15 patients, and pulmonary symptoms were present in 4. Six also had various neurological symptoms. Peripheric eosinophilia was above 5% in all cases and above 10% in 14. A single course of treatment with thiabendazoled 17 patients, while the last was cured after a second course. Three of our 18 patients were infected in Geneva and had never travelled abroad.
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