Trial reportPathogens and global health2014
Prevalence and risk factors of acquiring Strongyloides stercoralis infection among patients attending a tertiary hospital in Thailand.
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- Impact of the health education and preventive equipment package (HEPEP) on prevention of Strongyloides stercoralis infection among rural communities in Northeast Thailand: a cluster randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2018Trial
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- Overlapping Infection byTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023Review
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- Gut microbiota diversity in human strongyloidiasis differs little in two different regions in endemic areas of Thailand.PloS one · 2022Article
- Genomic studies on Strongyloides stercoralis in northern and western Thailand.Parasites & vectors · 2020Article
- Strongyloidiasis in northern Vietnam: epidemiology, clinical characteristics and molecular diagnosis of the causal agent.Parasites & vectors · 2019Article
- Imported strongyloidiasis: Data from 1245 cases registered in the +REDIVI Spanish Collaborative Network (2009-2017).PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019Observational
- The investigation of Strongyloides stercoralis seroprevalence in immunosupressed patients in TurkeyTurkish journal of medical sciences · 2019Article
- Current high prevalences of Strongyloides stercoralis and Opisthorchis viverrini infections in rural communities in northeast Thailand and associated risk factors.BMC public health · 2018Article
- Tropical Parasitic Infections in Individuals Infected with HIV.Current tropical medicine reports · 2017Article
- An eleven-year retrospective hospital-based study of epidemiological data regarding human strongyloidiasis in northeast Thailand.BMC infectious diseases · 2017Article
- Severe strongyloidiasis with negative serology after corticosteroid treatment.The American journal of case reports · 2015Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors for Strongyloides stercoralis infection in adult patients attending Siriraj Hospital, a tertiary hospital in Thailand.
methodsA case-control study was carried out between July 2008 and April 2010. Case and control were identified from 6022 patients for whom results of faecal examination were available. A case was a patient who had S. stercoralis larva detected from faecal examination. Control was randomly selected from patients without S. stercoralis larvae detected in three consecutive faecal examinations. The proportion of control to case was 2 : 1. Demographic and clinical data for the day of diagnosis and retrospectively up to 15 days preceding the date of faecal examination were reviewed from their medical records.
resultsOverall, 149 (2.47%) patients had S. stercoralis larvae positive. There were 105 males (70.5%), with the mean (SD) age of 53.9 (17.2) years. A total of 300 controls were selected. Male gender (odds ratio (OR) = 2.79, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.78-4.27)), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (OR = 3.23, 95% CI 1.43-7.29), and eosinophilia (OR = 1.81, 95% CI 1.33-2.47) were found to be independent risk factors associated with S. stercoralis infection in this setting. Corticosteroid or other immunosuppressive treatment, and other concomitant illnesses were not associated with increased risk of S. stercoralis infection.
conclusionIn this setting, strongyloidiasis was seen more often in male patients with eosinophilia and with HIV infection. Prevention of fatal complication caused by S. stercoralis by regular faecal examination, or serology for early detection and treatment of undiagnosed S. stercoralis infection, is warranted in these high-risk patients.
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