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Volume 5, Issue 3 (Suppl)
J Infect Dis Ther, an open access journal
ISSN:2332-0877
Infectious Diseases 2017
August 21-23, 2017
3
rd
Annual Congress on
Infectious Diseases
August 21-23, 2017 San Francisco, USA
Jose A Gonzales Zamora, J Infect Dis Ther 2017, 5:3 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2332-0877-C1-027
Strongyloides stercoralis
causing polymicrobial bacteremia and septic arthritis in a patient with
AIDS
Jose A Gonzales Zamora
University of Miami, USA
Introduction:
Strongyloides stercoralis
is a nematode infection that is endemic in tropical latitudes of the world as well as
southeastern United States. The clinical presentation of strongyloidiasis varies from an asymptomatic condition to
hyperinfection syndrome in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of septic arthritis secondary to
Strongyloides
stercoralis
hyperinfection in a patient with AIDS.
Case Description: 37 y/o male from Honduras with history of alcoholism was admitted after being found unconscious. He
presented severe diarrhea and left hip pain. On physical exam, he had multiple bruises on his face and chest. Laboratory
studies were significant for leukocytosis (14.4 K) and elevated creatinin (2.86 mg/dL). The patient was started empirically
on broad-spectrum antibiotics. He also received aggressive fluid rehydration. Blood cultures taken on admission became
positive for
Salmonella Group D, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa
. Stool cultures yielded
Strongyloides
stercoralis
. HIV serology resulted positive (CD4 count: 24 cells/uL, HIV viral load: 543000 copies/mL). Severe pain on his left
hip prompted a pelvic MRI, which revealed a gluteal abscess extending into the joint space. Percutaneous drainage of abscess
was performed. Cultures were negative. Patient completed 6 weeks of cefepime and 2 weeks of ivermectin with total resolution
of the infection.
Results & Discussion:
Strongyloides stercoralis
hyperinfection usually develops in the context of immunosuppression, which
was caused in our patient by HIV and alcoholism. Gram-negative bacteremia is one of its most common manifestations that
occur from intestinal mucosa damage secondary to filariform larvae invasion. Bacteremia may subsequently seed distal organs.
We postulate that, our patient developed gluteal abscess and septic arthritis from bacterial seeding. To our knowledge, no
prior cases of septic arthritis secondary to strongyloides hyperinfection have been reported. Clinicians should be aware of this
complication and consider strongyloides hyperinfection in every patient withHIV that presents with polymicrobial bacteremia.
Biography
Jose A Gonzales Zamora has obtained his MD degree from Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal in Lima, Peru. He has completed his Internal Medicine
Residency at John H Stroger Hospital and Infectious Disease Fellowship at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is currently an Assistant
Professor and Fellowship Training Co-Director in the Division of Infectious Diseases at University of Miami, Florida, USA.
jxg1416@med.miami.edu