Table 1.

Reported cases of HIV-seropositive patients with Strongyloides stercoralis infection in United States.

R.	Age (yr), Country of origin, sexual orientation	Time since arrival to US (yr)	Signs and symptoms	Clinical Sd [2]	CD4 count (T cell/µL)/VL (copies/mL)	ART therapy	Eosinophilia (>400 cells/µL)	Steroids	Coinfections/complications	SS Isolation	Initial therapy	Outcome
[4]	49, Liberia, Unknown	4 yr	Abdominal pain, pedal edema	HI	59/Unknown	No	No	No	None	Ascitic fluid, Stool	TBZ (2 w)	Alive
[8]	40, Columbia, Unknown	Unknown	Dyspnea, cough, weight loss	HI	Unknown	No	No	Unknown	E. coli meningitis, Klebsiella pneumoniae sepsis	Sputum	TBZ (10 d)	Death
[5]	41, Hispanic, Unknown	Unknown	Fever, dyspnea, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea	HI	31/123,000	Yes	Yes	No	None	Duodenal biopsy	IVM (14 d)	Alive
[11]	60, North America, Homosexual	N/A	Epigastric pain, diarrhea	HI	194/Unknown	Yes	No	No	None	Duodenal biopsy/BAL	TBZ (3 d)	Death
[10]	34, Puerto Rico, Unknown	15 yr	Pleuritic chest pain, cough, abdominal pain, diarrhea	HI	Unknown	No	Unknown	No	Strep. pneumoniae and Proteus mirabilis sepsis, Proteus mirabilis meningitis	Postmortem	None	Death
[10]	40, Puerto Rico, Homosexual	10 yr	Cough, fever, diarrhea	HI	34/Unknown	Unknown	Yes	No	Klebsiella pneumoniae sepsis, failure of initial TBZ course	Sputum, Stool	TBZ (≥35 d)	Death
[10]	49, Puerto Rico, Unknown	30 yr	Pleuritic chest pain, cough, fever, weight loss	HI	36/Unknown	No	Yes	No	Candidemia, pulmonary tuberculosis, ARDS	Sputum, Stool	TBZ (59 d)	Death
[12]	28, Unknown, Unknown	Unknown	Dyspnea, Vomiting-abdominal pain, anorexia	HI	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	None	Sputum, stool	TBZ (2 w)	Alive
[13]	41, Unknown, Unknown	Unknown	Vomiting, anorexia, fever, headache	DS	50/Unknown	No	Unknown	No	E. coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa meningitis	Skin biopsy, sputum, nasogastric fluid	TBZ (28 d) IVM (6d)	Death
[14]	30, Haiti, Unknown	Unknown	Fever/AMS	HI	72/Unknown	Unknown	No	No	Streptococcus faecalis meningitis	BAL	TBZ (2 d)	Death
[15]	45, Puerto Rico, Unknown	22 yr	3rd nerve palsy, urinary retention, Babinski	DS	Unknown	No	Yes	Yes	E. coli bacteremia	CSF	TBZ	Death
CR	61, North America, Homosexual	N/A	Abdominal pain, diarrhea.	CS	235/undetectable	Yes	No	No	No	Colonic biopsy	IVM (10 d)	Alive

R. – references; yr – year; SS – S. stercoralis; HI – hyperinfection; TBZ – thiobendazole; CR – case report; CS – chronic Strongyloidiasis; IVM – ivermectine; DS – disseminated Strongyloidiasis; BAL – Bronchoalveolar lavage; CSF – Cerebrospinal fluis, AMS – altered mental status; E. coli – Escherichia coli.

^*Patient received chemotherapy.