Intestinal Function and Morphology in Strongyloidiasis *
- 1 September 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 26 (5), 859-865
- https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1977.26.859
Abstract
Divergent available information on the capability of Strongyloides stercoralis to cause malabsorption prompted a long-term observation in which the nutritional state of the subjects was carefully defined. In spite of moderate to severe symptoms, well nourished patients, even with segmental jejunitis, did not show malabsorption. All patients presenting this parasitic infection with concomitant malnutrition showed absorptive defects. Abnormal absorption persisted in spite of parasitic cure when malnutrition was not immediately corrected, and disappeared with correction of the malnutrition even if parasitic infection was allowed to continue. The present experience indicates that the malabsorption syndrome seen in some cases of S. stercoralis infection is secondary to the concomitant malnutrition and not to the parasite per se.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
- Overwhelming Watery Diarrhea Associated with a Cryptosporidium in an Immunosuppressed PatientGastroenterology, 1976
- Intestinal malabsorption and helminthic and protozoan infections of the small intestineGastroenterology, 1966
- Steatorrhea in a Man Infected with Coccidiosis (Isospora belli)Gastroenterology, 1964
- RAPID METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF FAT IN FECESJournal of Biological Chemistry, 1949
- HUMAN STRONGYLOIDIASIS WITH INTERNAL AUTOINFECTION1946