An Unusual Case of Lethal Strongyloides stercoralis-Associated Chronic Fulminant Colitis in an Immunocompetent Patient.

IF 1 Q4 INFECTIOUS DISEASES Case Reports in Infectious Diseases Pub Date : 2024-06-27 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI:10.1155/2024/4223529
Joseph Do Woong Choi, Rukmini Kulkarni, Aswin Shanmugalingam, Charlotte Kwik, Indy Sandaradura, Jasveen Renthawa, Matthew R Watts, James Wei Tatt Toh
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A 70-year-old immunocompetent Lebanese male presented with 3-month history of watery diarrhoea and abdominal pain after recently arriving to Australia from Lebanon. He had a colectomy for an iatrogenic bowel perforation associated with a colonoscopy in Lebanon several months prior. His computed tomography (CT) scan demonstrated pancolitis. Stool culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were positive for Strongyloides stercoralis. Despite Strongyloides treatment and total parenteral nutrition, his pancolitis unexpectedly persisted despite negative stool cultures, and the patient failed to progress over several weeks with worsening abdominal pain. A colectomy was considered. However, due to his recent myocardial infarct requiring cardiac stenting, his anticoagulant and antiplatelets could not be ceased for at least 3 months without significant cardiac risk. After hospitalisation for several weeks in Australia, he was discharged against medical advice and flew back to Lebanon, where he presented with worsening pain and underwent a subtotal colectomy. Unfortunately, he developed multiorgan failure and died 3 weeks following his colectomy. Strongyloides-related pancolitis is a rare condition in immunocompetent adults that has the potential to persist and be lethal, despite microbiological antiparasitic eradication.

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