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KMID : 0371320030650020168
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Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
2003 Volume.65 No. 2 p.168 ~ p.171
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Infection of strongyloides stercoralis in stomach cancer patient
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Kim Seung-Hun
Ahn Chang-Joon
Bong Sung-Jun
Lee Dong-Ho
Kim Ji-Youn
You Young-Kyoung
Lee Hye-Kyung
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Abstract
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Strongyloides stercoralis is an intestinal nematode that infects a large portion of the world’s population, especially in tropical climates, where the warm, moist soil offers an environment suited to the development of the larvae. In immuno-compromised hosts, receiving corticosteroids, immunosuppressive drugs or radiotherapy, especially in those with AIDS, larger numbers of invasive strongyloides larvae can disseminate widely, which can be fatal. In Korea, several cases of stronyloides hyperinfection have been reported since 1959, and a case of strongyloides hyperinfection, accompanied with metastatic stomach cancer, was reported recently. We experienced a case of strongyloides infection, accompanied with early gastric cancer, and also suffering from bronchial asthma. The patient was treated with albendazole, 200 mg, twice-a-day for 3 days, 1 month after a radical gastric cancer operation. Thereafter, the respiratory symptoms of the patient, including asthmatic attacks, improved. (J Korean Surg Soc 2003;65:168-171)
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KEYWORD
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Strongyloides stercoralis, Stomach cancer, Bronchial asthma,
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