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Revista Virtual de la Sociedad Paraguaya de Medicina Interna
On-line version ISSN 2312-3893
Abstract
SAN MIGUEL DE VERA, María Cristina et al. Intestinal parasitosis in patients treated with corticoids. Rev. virtual Soc. Parag. Med. Int. [online]. 2015, vol.2, n.1, pp.102-106. ISSN 2312-3893. https://doi.org/10.18004/rvspmi/2312-3893/2015.02(01)102-106.
The report of the coproparisotologic exam of 23 patients, with rheumatic diseases and receiving immunosuppresive therapy from the Rheumatology Service of the Hospital de Clínicas (Asunción, Paraguay) in 2013, is presented. Sixteen patients with parasites were detected with this frequency order: Entamoeba coli (41%), Giardia lambia (23%), Strongyloides stercoralis (14%). The remaining was 1 case of Hymenolepis nana and Ascaris lumbricoides.
Keywords : corticotherapy; intestinal parasitosis; Entamoeba coli; Giardia lambia; Strongiloides estercoralis.