Table 1.

Reported cases of coinfection of Strongyloides stercoralis and Aspergillus.

	Age/sex	Place of origin	Underlying disease	Immunosuppressive therapy	Clinical presentation	Eosinophilia	Positive sample for S. stercoralis	Positive sample for Aspergillus	Aspergillus species identified	Antiparasitic treatment	Outcome	Reference
1	55 year/man	Behbahan	Two mass in the lung	Oral corticosteroid	Chronic cough, shortness of breath, wheezing, chest pain, obvious weight loss, weakness, and loss of appetite	0%	Wet mount of faeces	Sputum direct examination and culture	A. flavus and A. niger	Ivermectin (only for one day)	Developed cardiac arrest and deceased	This study
2	36 year/man	San Antonio, Texas	Acute lymphoblastic leukemia	Oral corticosteroid and chemotherapy	Dyspnea, malaise, fever, and hemoptysis	18% eosinophilia	Sputum cytology	Sputum and lavage fluid cultures	A. flavus and A. terreus	Ivermectin	Discharged in stable condition	Shrestha et al. [17]
3	66 year/man	Nicaragua	Ulcerative colitis	IV steroids	Watery diarrhea with occasional blood	Unknown	BAL and CSF direct examination	BAL direct examination and at autopsy, multiple foci of lung involvement by Aspergillus were seen	Unknown	Ivermectin	Developed bradycardia and asystole and deceased	Imperatore et al. [18]
4	74 year/man	Unknown	Cough, shortness of breath after activity expectoration	Unknown	Weight loss, hemoptysis accompanied by fever, and poor appetite	0.1% eosinophilia	BAL direct examination and wet mount of faeces	Several sputa and BAL cultures	Unknown	Albendazole	Discharged in stable condition	Guo et al. [15]
5	73 year/man	Unknown	Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, ischaemic heart disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	Oral corticosteroid and radiotherapy	General malaise, high fever, vomiting, and low blood pressure	1% eosinophilia	Sputum direct examination	Sputum direct examination and culture	A. fumigatus	Did not receive	Deceased	Wagenvoort et al. [20]
6	58-year/woman	Unknown	Nonallergic asthma	Aerosol corticosteroids	Progressive respiratory distress syndrome	17.2% eosinophilia	Tracheal aspirations	High serum level of antibodies to Aspergillus	A. fumigatus	Ivermectin	Discharged in stable condition	Jacquemart et al. [19]
7	59-year/man	Unknown	Chronic obstructive lung disease	Oral corticosteroid	Hematuria, hemoptysis, hematemesis, and respiratory failure	Unknown	Wet mount of faeces and sputum direct examination	Sputum culture and at autopsy demonstrated disseminated aspergillosis	A. fumigatus	Thiabendazole	Deceased	Tankanow et al. [16]