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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 1999, p. 1610-1611, Vol. 37, No. 5
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0

First-Glance Diagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis Autoinfection by Stool Microscopy

Andreas Sing,1,* Lorenz Leitritz,1 Johannes R. Bogner,2 and Jürgen Heesemann1

Max-von-Pettenkofer-Institut für Hygiene und Medizinische Mikrobiologie1 and Medizinische Poliklinik,2 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany

Received 23 November 1998/Returned for modification 21 December 1998/Accepted 28 January 1999

We report a case of autoinfection due to Strongyloides stercoralis in a 27-year-old Ethiopian AIDS patient living in Germany for nearly 3 years. This case was diagnosed on the basis of a single-view field in microscopy of a freshly obtained formalin-fixed stool specimen showing both rhabditiform and filariform larvae. The diagnosis of autoinfection by microscopy is discussed in detail.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: MA DTM&H, Max-von-Pettenkofer-Institut für Hygiene und Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Pettenkoferstrasse 9a, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany. Phone: 49-89-51600. Fax: 49-89-5160-5223. E-mail: sing{at}m3401.mpk.med.uni-muenchen.de.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 1999, p. 1610-1611, Vol. 37, No. 5
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0




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