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• Num_publicacion 70(10)
• Resumen_ingles

  Strongyloidiasis is a parasitic endemic disease in tropical zones, usually asymptomatic but in immunodepressed patients can induce an hyperinfection and a serious disseminated disease. We report a case of an 18 months old girl from Ethiopia, that comes to consultation with abdominal bloating and diarrhea. Initially was diagnosed and treated as a giardiasis but a clinical improvement was not obtained. Because of the rise of eosinophilia and the persistence of the symptoms, the microbiological studies were repeated and Strongyloides stercoralis larvae were detected in stools. It was treated with albendazole achieving a good result. Strongyloidiasis is a disease that implies diagnostic difficulties, for his symptomatology, for the reliability of the diagnostic tests and for the low incident in our country. The treatment in adults is well established, but in children younger than 2-year-old there is scanty information about the drug of choice.

• Palabras_clave_ingles Strongyloidiasis abdominal bloating diarrhea children albendazole
• Todos_autores C.A. Rodríguez Lombardía¹, A. Pérez Fernández²
• autores listados C.A. Rodríguez Lombardía, A. Pérez Fernández
• Correspondecia
  C.A. Rodríguez Lombardía. C.S. Acea da Ma. c/ Tierno de Galván, s/n. 15670 A Coruña.
  Correo electrónico: amparo.rodriguez.lombardia@sergas.es
• Titulo_ingles Strongyloidiasis in children: difficulty of diagnostic and treatment
• Centros_trabajo ¹Pediatra. CS Culleredo. ²Médico de familia. CS Laxe. A Coruña
• Publicado en Acta Pediatr Esp. 2012; 70(10): e31-e34
• copyright ©2012 Ediciones Mayo, S.A.
• Fecha recepcion 2/04/11
• Fecha aceptacion 31/08/11