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Generating Transgenics and Knockouts in Strongyloides Species by Microinjection
Published on: October 7, 2021
[Rare Case of Strongyloides stercoralis with Vitamin B12 Deficiency]
Özlem Kadılar1, Berna Bozkurt, Engin Karakeçe
1Sağlık Bakanlığı Sakarya Üniversitesi Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Tıbbi Biyokimya Anabilim Dalı, Sakarya, Türkiye. ozlem_hur@hotmail.com.
Abstract:
Strongyloidiyasis is endemic in tropical and subtropical regions, and mostly soil transmitted nematode disease that is seen as sporadic cases in Turkey. As may be asymptomatic in healthy individuals, it may even cause death in immunosuppressive people. We report a case of Strongyloides stercoralis infection in a patient, 29 years old young male was admitted to our institution with diarrhea who has got vitamin B12 deficiency and eosinophilia. The case represents an extremely rare and in our knowledge, it is the first case in Sakarya.
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