Strongyloidiasis risk factors
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [2]
Overview
Common risk factors in the development of strongyloidiasis include immunosuppressive therapies with corticosteroids and other medications, HTLV-1 infection, organ transplantation, immune reconstitution syndrome, hematologic malignancies (especially lymphoma), tuberculosis, and malnutrition.
Risk factors
Common risk factors in the development of strongyloidiasis include:[1][2]
- Occupations that increase contact with contaminated soil such as farming and coal mining
- Human T-cell lymphotropic virus-1 (HTLV-1) infection
- Immunosuppressive therapy with corticosteroids and other medications,
- Immune reconstitution syndrome
- Hematologic malignancies (lymphoma)
- Tuberculosis
- Malnutrition
- Diabetes mellitus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic renal failure.
- Living in endemic regions.
- Alcoholics
- Travelers, immigrants
References
- ↑ Evering T, Weiss LM (2006). “The immunology of parasite infections in immunocompromised hosts”. Parasite Immunol. 28 (11): 549–65. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3024.2006.00886.x. PMC 3109637. PMID 17042927.
- ↑ Ostera G, Blum J (2016). “Strongyloidiasis: Risk and Healthcare Access for Latin American Immigrants Living in the United States”. Curr Trop Med Rep. 3: 1–3. doi:10.1007/s40475-016-0065-3. PMC 4757600. PMID 26925367.
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