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First-glance diagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis autoinfection by stool microscopy
A Sing1, L Leitritz, J R Bogner
1Max-von-Pettenkofer-Institut für Hygiene und Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.sing@m3401.mpk.med.uni-muenchen.de
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|April 16, 1999
Abstract:
We report a case of autoinfection due to Strongyloides stercoralis in a 27-year-old Ethiopian AIDS patient living in Germany for nearly 3 years. This case was diagnosed on the basis of a single-view field in microscopy of a freshly obtained formalin-fixed stool specimen showing both rhabditiform and filariform larvae. The diagnosis of autoinfection by microscopy is discussed in detail.