Pulmonary strongyloidiasis causing septic shock in a patient with Crohn's disease

Pulmonary strongyloidiasis causing septic shock in a patient with Crohn's disease

A 58 years old male who was admitted to the intensive care unit for septic shock secondary to pneumonia, he has Crohn's disease currently treated with Vedolizumab and previously with infliximab. He was started on broad spectrum antibiotics and vasopressors for treatment of septic shock without...

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Main Authors: Mohammed Abdalla, Pavel Sinyagovskiy, Wiam Mohamed, Amro Abdelghani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007118300388
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spelling doaj-c28e95608877499abf80d1841a6fd2de2020-11-25T02:14:18ZengElsevierRespiratory Medicine Case Reports2213-00712018-01-01245254Pulmonary strongyloidiasis causing septic shock in a patient with Crohn's diseaseMohammed Abdalla0Pavel Sinyagovskiy1Wiam Mohamed2Amro Abdelghani3Presence St Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL, USA; Corresponding author.Presence St Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL, USAUniversity of Khartoum, SudanPresence St Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL, USAA 58 years old male who was admitted to the intensive care unit for septic shock secondary to pneumonia, he has Crohn's disease currently treated with Vedolizumab and previously with infliximab. He was started on broad spectrum antibiotics and vasopressors for treatment of septic shock without improvement in the following days, sputum & blood cultures were negative. Bronchoscopy was done for non-resolving pneumonia work up, broncheoalveolar lavage smears and cultures were negative for bacteria, tuberculosis and Fungi. Bronchial washings cytology showed filariform larvae and serology was positive for Strongyloides, He was started on ivermectin and his condition improved significantly.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007118300388
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author Mohammed Abdalla
Pavel Sinyagovskiy
Wiam Mohamed
Amro Abdelghani
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Pavel Sinyagovskiy
Wiam Mohamed
Amro Abdelghani
Pulmonary strongyloidiasis causing septic shock in a patient with Crohn's disease
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
author_facet Mohammed Abdalla
Pavel Sinyagovskiy
Wiam Mohamed
Amro Abdelghani
author_sort Mohammed Abdalla
title Pulmonary strongyloidiasis causing septic shock in a patient with Crohn's disease
title_short Pulmonary strongyloidiasis causing septic shock in a patient with Crohn's disease
title_full Pulmonary strongyloidiasis causing septic shock in a patient with Crohn's disease
title_fullStr Pulmonary strongyloidiasis causing septic shock in a patient with Crohn's disease
title_full_unstemmed Pulmonary strongyloidiasis causing septic shock in a patient with Crohn's disease
title_sort pulmonary strongyloidiasis causing septic shock in a patient with crohn's disease
publisher Elsevier
series Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
issn 2213-0071
publishDate 2018-01-01
description A 58 years old male who was admitted to the intensive care unit for septic shock secondary to pneumonia, he has Crohn's disease currently treated with Vedolizumab and previously with infliximab. He was started on broad spectrum antibiotics and vasopressors for treatment of septic shock without improvement in the following days, sputum & blood cultures were negative. Bronchoscopy was done for non-resolving pneumonia work up, broncheoalveolar lavage smears and cultures were negative for bacteria, tuberculosis and Fungi. Bronchial washings cytology showed filariform larvae and serology was positive for Strongyloides, He was started on ivermectin and his condition improved significantly.
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007118300388
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