PMID- 2588581
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19900105
LR  - 20181113
IS  - 0093-0415 (Print)
IS  - 0093-0415 (Linking)
VI  - 151
IP  - 4
DP  - 1989 Oct
TI  - Strongyloidiasis associated with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I infection 
      in a nonendemic area.
PG  - 410-3
AB  - Concomitant strongyloidiasis and human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) 
      infection has been reported from areas in Japan where both organisms are endemic. 
      We present four cases of concomitant infection with these organisms from an area 
      that is not endemic for Strongyloides stercoralis. Three of the four patients had 
      adult T-cell leukemia, an aggressive neoplasm resulting from HTLV-I infection, 
      while the other was an asymptomatic carrier of HTLV-I. Three of the patients had 
      spent their childhoods in an endemic location for both organisms, suggesting an 
      initial infection at that time. Three patients were symptomatic from their 
      parasitism. We conclude that strongyloidiasis may be found in nonendemic 
      locations in patients with either adult T-cell leukemia or an asymptomatic HTLV-I 
      carrier state. Whether infestation with this parasite contributes to the 
      leukemogenesis of HTLV-I, as postulated by others, cannot at this time be 
      determined.
FAU - Dixon, A C
AU  - Dixon AC
FAU - Yanagihara, E T
AU  - Yanagihara ET
FAU - Kwock, D W
AU  - Kwock DW
FAU - Nakamura, J M
AU  - Nakamura JM
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - West J Med
JT  - The Western journal of medicine
JID - 0410504
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Female
MH  - HTLV-I Infections/*complications/epidemiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/*complications
MH  - Japan
MH  - Leukemia, T-Cell/*complications/epidemiology
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Strongyloidiasis/*complications/epidemiology
PMC - PMC1026828
EDAT- 1989/10/01 00:00
MHDA- 1989/10/01 00:01
PMCR- 1989/10/01
CRDT- 1989/10/01 00:00
PHST- 1989/10/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1989/10/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1989/10/01 00:00 [entrez]
PHST- 1989/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
PST - ppublish
SO  - West J Med. 1989 Oct;151(4):410-3.