The Study of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome due to Strongyloides stercoralis in Lupus Nephritis | Chapter 10 | New Frontiers in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 5
Strongyloides stercoralis is an intestinal helminth that spreads through the skin and is found in tropical and subtropical rural areas. The pulmonary disease produced by the parasite is most usually asymptomatic to mild disease in immunocompetent patients, but it can be life-threatening in immunocompromised subjects. Steroids and Cyclophosphamide were used to treat a twenty-one-year-old man with class IV lupus nephritis. He reported with the following symptoms after 1.5 months of therapy: diarrhoea, stomach discomfort, and dyspnea quickly progressed to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which necessitated ventilation. Strongyloides stercoralis was found in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). With satisfactory results, he was treated with IV antibiotics, Ivermectin, and Albendazole. The authors summarise a case of strongyloidiasis hyper infection syndrome in immunocompromised patients and explore the many elements of Strongyloides stercoralis infection in this article. The parasite...