Majid Khanmohammadi
1, Amirreza Javadi Mamagani
2, Azim Rezamand
3, Mahmoud Mahami Oskouei
2, Abbas Shahbazi
4, Esmaeil Fallah
2, Shalale Ganji
3*1 Department of Laboratory Sciences, Islamic Azad University Marand Branch, Marand, Iran
2 Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
3 Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
4 Tabriz Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Centre, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
Abstract
Strongyloides stercoralis is a human’s intestinal nematode with global expansion. This parasite is common in tropical and subtropical regions. The 11-year-old male patient from Miyandoab with 39 °C fever referred to Tabriz Children Hospital, Tabriz, Iran, and admitted with the acute myeloid leukemia Tcell type cramping abdominal pain and severe diarrhea associated with cervical lymphadenopathy. Patient was undergoing to induction therapy with Prednisolone, Vincristin, Daunoru-Bicin, and L-Asparginase. Due to severe diarrhea and dehydration, it was conducted stool examination and detected Strongyloides stercoralis rhabditiform larvae. The patient were treated with Albendazol and serum therapy.