Hyperinfection by Strongyloides stercoralis probably associated with Rituximab in a patient with mantle cell lymphoma and hyper eosinophilia Hiperinfección por Strongyloides stercoralis probablemente asociada con Rituximab en una paciente con linfoma e hipereosinofilia

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Renzo Nino Incani, Marcos Hernández, María Elena González
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2010
• Subjects: Strongyloides stercoralis; Hyperinfection; Rituximab; Eosinophilia; Lung dissemination; Lymphoma; Mantle-cell lymphoma; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Tuvo
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652010000400011; https://doaj.org/article/741af951d2054c369705e53890e94ac6

The first report to our knowledge, of hyperinfection by Strongyloides stercoralis (HS) and hypereosinophilia, associated to immune suppression by Rituximab (the only drug received for the last one year and 10 months), in a patient with mantle-cell lymphoma (MCL), is presented. The patient has a 3-ye...