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. 2005 Jun;81(3):276–277. doi: 10.1136/sti.2004.012393

HIV infection associated with Strongyloides stercoralis colitis resulting in Streptococcus bovis bacteraemia and meningitis

T de Silva 1, M Raychaudhuri 1, M Poulton 1
PMCID: PMC1744979  PMID: 15923302

Abstract

We report the case of an HIV infected patient with Streptococcus bovis bacteraemia and meningitis associated with gastrointestinal Strongyloides stercoralis infection. To our knowledge, this has been reported once previously and serves as a reminder to actively exclude asymptomatic S stercoralis infection in HIV infected individuals presenting with bacteraemia.

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