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Case Reports
. 2016 Mar;84(3):197-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2015.11.015. Epub 2015 Nov 17.

Real-time PCR for Strongyloides stercoralis-associated meningitis

Eyal Nadir  1 , Tamar Grossman  2 , Pnina Ciobotaro  3 , Malka Attali  4 , Daniel Barkan  3 , Rita Bardenstein  5 , Oren Zimhony  6
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Real-time PCR for Strongyloides stercoralis-associated meningitis

Eyal Nadir et al. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2016 Mar.

Abstract

Four immunocompromised patients, immigrants from Ethiopia, presented with diverse clinical manifestations of meningitis associated with Strongyloides stercoralis dissemination as determined by identification of intestinal larvae. The cerebrospinal fluid of 3 patients was tested by a validated (for stool) real-time PCR for S. stercoralis and was found positive, establishing this association.

Keywords: Immunocompromised host; Meningitis; PCR; Strongyloides stercoralis.

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