Strongyloides hyperinfection presenting with ulcerative duodenitis and septic shock in a steroid-treated patient.

Authors

Bharathi Mohan, Kislaya Kamal, Chandrappriyan Sambandam, Madhu Kumari, Sudhir Kumar, Ramesh Kumar

Published in

Tropical doctor. Pages 494755261473036. Jul 30, 2026. Epub Jul 30, 2026.

Abstract

Strongyloides stercoralis can cause chronic infections that may escalate into life-threatening hyperinfection, especially in immunocompromised patients. Severe intestinal strongyloidiasis has been associated with bacteraemia and sepsis, classically due to translocation of enteric organisms across a disrupted intestinal mucosal barrier. We report a patient with lepromatous leprosy on steroids who developed Strongyloides hyperinfection presenting with ulcerative duodenitis and septic shock.

PMID:
42530556
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