Disseminated strongyloides infection with Enterobius vermicularis and Streptococcus faecalis in an immunocompetent teenage UK resident

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Dawson, Tom C.

Affiliations: Department of Pediatrics, Alexandra Hospital, Woodrow Drive, Redditch, B98 7UB, UK. Tel.: +44 1527 503030; E-mail: tomcdawson@yahoo.co.uk

Abstract: In 2005, a 13-year-old child presented with a 1-day history of fever and encephalopathy and later, abdominal pain. We report a case of strongyloides, one of only 17 cases reported in the UK that year. The presentation was consistent with a heavy strongyloides infection, seen occasionally with a high nematode load, in this case Enterobius vermicularis. It is an illness of the tropics and rare in an indigenous setting. We suggest that the diagnosis should be considered in children presenting with signs of sepsis.

Keywords: Children, pediatric, strongyloidiasis, pinworm, enterobius, abdominal pain

DOI: 10.3233/JPI-2010-0238

Journal: Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 177-180, 2010