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Medicina Legal de Costa Rica
versión On-line ISSN 2215-5287versión impresa ISSN 1409-0015
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 2215-5287.
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 clave : Strongyloides stercoralis; hyperinfection; parasitism.