Resumen

CARO CASSALI, Luis; MIRANDA SOLIS, Lisa  y  QUIROS ALPIZAR, José Luis. Estrongiloidiasis diseminada: aún existen las parasitosis en Costa Rica y pueden causar la muerte. Med. leg. Costa Rica [online]. 2011, vol.28, n.2, pp. 77-82. ISSN 1409-0015.

The case of an asthmatic and diabetic patient with chronic respiratory disease and eosinophilia, who died consequence of acute respiratory distress, is presented in this article. A stool sample positive for Strongyloidesstercoralis was documented. In the autopsy, a disseminated infection of this parasite was the major finding.

Palabras llave : Strongyloides stercoralis; hyperinfection; parasitism.