Table 3 Clinical features of 35 individuals with associated illnesses and Strongyloides stercoralis larvae in stools, Honduras
No. of patients | Co-morbidity/Risk factor | Signs & Symptoms |
|---|---|---|
8 | None detected | Diarrhea, severe abdominal pain, adynamia, asthenia, weight loss, eosinophilia, pruritic skin lesions in 2 patients |
4 | Alcoholism | Diarrhea, severe epigastric pain, fever, adynamia, asthenia, weight loss, 2 patients lived in an institution |
2 | Malignancy | Diarrhea, fever, anemia, adynamia, weight loss, asthenia, eosinophilia, vomiting |
11 | HIV/AIDSa | Diarrhea, abdominal pain, adynamia, asthenia, weight loss, anemia, fever, alcoholism in 3, intense gluteal pruritus in 1 patient, cerebral toxoplasmosis in one, eosinophilia in one, 3 lived in an institution |
3 | Asthma, steroid treatment | Diarrhea, severe abdominal pain in 1 patient; cough, dermatitis in 1 patient; scalp mycosis in 1 patient with 63.4 % eosinophilia |
2 | Renal failure | Asthenia, adynamia, anemia, melena in 1 patient, dyspnea, weight loss |
1 | Gluteal abscess | Fever, eosinophilia |
1 | Cerebral palsy | Diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever, anemia, severe hhkw & Trichuris infections |
1 | Hypertension, cardiopathy | No other clinical data in the history, except patient living in institution |
1 | Obesity | Admitted for severe abdominal pain, eosinophilia, cough, insomnia |
1 | Cough, fever | No other data registered |