Screening of immunocompromised patients at risk of strongyloidiasis in western Turkey using ELISA and real-time PCR
Articles > Article · 2017
Authors: Esra Erdem Kıvrak, Esra Atalay Şahar, Hüseyin CAN, Mert DÖŞKAYA, Mümtaz YILMAZ, Hüsnü PULLUKÇU, Ayşe CANER, Hüseyin TÖZ, Adnan Yüksel GÜRÜZ, Meltem TAŞBAKAN
TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2017, vol 47, pp 897-901
DOI: 10.3906/sag-1605-19
Summary
Background/aim: Strongyloides stercoralis causes life-threatening hyperinfection or disseminated strongyloidiasis in immunocompromised patients such as HIV-positive, organ transplantation, and cancer patients. This study investigated the presence of strongyloidiasis in immunocompromised patients for the first time in Turkey.