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Fatal disseminated strongyloidiasis in an immunocompromised former war prisoner of the Japanese.

Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps (1985) 131(1) 47-49
DOI: 10.1136/jramc-131-01-11
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Abstract

An ex-Far East prisoner of war (FEPOW) treated with corticosteroids for severe polymyositis died from multisystem strongyloidiasis and pyogenic meningitis. At necropsy larvae were widely disseminated in the lungs, liver, heart and brain.

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Stewart, J. B., & Heap, B. J. (1985). Fatal disseminated strongyloidiasis in an immunocompromised former war prisoner of the Japanese. Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 131(1), 47–49. https://doi.org/10.1136/jramc-131-01-11

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