AN AUTOPSY CASE OF HTLV-1 CARRIER WITH DISSEMINATED STRONGYLOIDIASIS

Abstract

We report a 62-year-old man who was a human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) carrier with strongyloidiasis. He was born in Okinawa, Japan, an area endemic for both Strongyloides stercoralis and HTLV-1. On admission he presented with nausea and abdominal bloating and then he developed severe respiratory distress with septic shock. S.stercoralis rhabditiform larvae were found by sputum microscopy and then he was diagnosed as a disseminated strongyloidiasis with severe pulmonary strongyloidiasis. HTLV-1 carriers are at increased risk of developing severe strongyloidiasis.