Document Type
Article
Department
Pathology and Microbiology
Abstract
We report a fatal case of disseminated strongyloidiasis in a patient with multiple myeloma receiving chemrotherapy. A fifty-seven years old man presented with severe diarrhoea and vomiting, fever, weight loss and dysphagia,due to mouth ulcers. Despite broad-spectrum intravenous antibiotics, albendazole (anti protozoal) and supportive treatment, the patient died of Gram-negative sepsis.
Publication (Name of Journal)
Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Recommended Citation
Fasih, N.,
Irfan, S.,
Sheikh, U.,
Beg, M.
(2008). A fatal case of gram negative bacterial sepsis associated with disseminated strongyloidiasis in an immunocompromised patient. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 58(2), 91-2.
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https://ecommons.aku.edu/pakistan_fhs_mc_pathol_microbiol/50