Terminal ileum resection as a trigger for strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection and ensuing serial sepsis in a 37-year-old patient with complicated Crohnʼs disease: a case report

Znanstveni rad - Prikaz slučaja

• Autor: Mirjana Topić
• Autor: Silvija Čuković-Čavka
• Autor: Marko Brinar
• Autor: Mirjana Kalauz
• Autor: Ivica Škrlec
• Autor: Matea Majerović
• Autorova ustanova: Sveučilište u Zagrebu; Medicinski fakultet
• Znanstveno / umjetničko područje, polje i grana: BIOMEDICINA I ZDRAVSTVO; Kliničke medicinske znanosti

Sažetak (engleski)

The nematode Strongyloides stercoralis, outside the tropics and subtropics present in small endemic foci, can cause an infection after direct skin contact with contaminated soil containing infective filariform larvae and, rarely, after intimate interhuman contact or after transplantation of an infected solid organ. Following skin penetration, migration, and maturation through several stages, a small number of invasive filariform larvae can develop anew in the gut lumen, perpetuating new cycles of penetration, tissue migration, and reproduction, without leaving the host. In a state of immunosuppression, autoinfection can progress to life-threatening hyperinfection and/or infection disseminated through virtually any organ. In developed countries, the most frequently recognized risk for severe hyperinfection is corticosteroid therapy, but this has been also described in malnourished, alcoholic, cancer, and transplant patients. Due to the frequent need for immunosuppressive therapy, patients suffering from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are susceptible to develop overwhelming strongyloidiasis. Strongyloidiasis can be easily overlooked in clinical settings, and in many European regions there is poor insight into the epidemiological burden of this disease. We present a case of S. stercoralis hyperinfection that triggered 3 successive episodes of sepsis caused by pathogens of the gut flora in a young patient suffering from stenotic form of Crohn's disease. S. stercoralis hyperinfection occurred in the corticosteroid-free period, shortly after resection of the terminal ileum, which was probably the trigger for the overwhelming course. The patient was successfully treated with 10-day albendazole therapy.

• Ključne riječi (engleski): Adult; Animals; Crohn Disease/complications; Humans; Ileum; Immunosuppression/adverse effects; Male; Postoperative Complications; Sepsis/drug therapy; Sepsis/etiology; Strongyloides stercoralis; Strongyloidiasis/drug therapy; Strongyloidiasis/etiology
• Jezik: engleski
• Vrsta publikacije: Znanstveni rad - Prikaz slučaja
• Status objave: Objavljen
• Vrsta recenzije: Recenziran
• Verzija publikacije: Završna verzija rukopisa prihvaćena za objavljivanje (postprint)
• Naslov časopisa: Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
• Brojčani podaci: vol. 56, br. 4, str. 380-383
• p-ISSN: 0044-2771
• DOI: https://doi.org/doi:10.1055/a-0578-9799
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:105:024217
• Datum objave publikacije: 2018-04
• URL dokumenta: http://doi.org/10.1055/a-0578-9799
• Vrsta resursa: Tekst
• Prava pristupa: Otvoreni pristup
• Datum i vrijeme pohrane: 2024-03-28 10:16:48