• Trop Geogr Med · Jan 1994

    Review Case Reports

    Strongyloides stercoralis infection in a non-immunosuppressed tourist with involvement of the central nervous system.

    • M M Lahn, T Staub-Schmidt, R Himy, O Villard, B Molet, M Kremer, and D J Christmann.
    • Unité des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hopital Civil, Hopitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, France.
    • Trop Geogr Med. 1994 Jan 1; 46 (6): 368-70.

    AbstractIn the present case report a 50-year-old woman is presented with a Strongyloides stercoralis infection after a one-month stay in Sri Lanka. She showed a severe involvement of the central nervous system without a correlation of an immunosuppression. Strongyloides stercoralis is regarded as the cause of the cerebral involvement. Other possible causes are also discussed.

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