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Letter to the Editor
Strongyloides stercoralis after renal transplantation—A global threat
Strongyloides stercoralis después del trasplante renal: una amenaza mundial
Rita Abrantesa,
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anaritamabrantes@gmail.com

Corresponding author.
, Rui Baratab, Fernando Caeirob, Aníbal Ferreirab, Fernando Nolascob
a Nephrology and Dialysis Department – Centro Hospitalar do Médio Tejo, EPE, Portugal
b Transplantation Department – Hospital Curry Cabral, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central, EPE, Portugal
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A negative stool testing was obtained after 6 days&#46; Peripheral eosinophilia resolved after one month&#46; Albendazole was suspended after the first negative stool&#46; Ivermectin was maintained in a daily dose until day 21 and in a monthly administration &#40;200<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg&#41; until complete 6 months of therapy&#46; After the discontinuation&#44; stool cultures remained negative&#46;</p><p id="par0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The other receptors &#40;kidney&#44; heart&#44; and liver&#41; from the same donor were evaluated&#46; No clinical symptoms of strongyloidiasis&#44; blood eosinophilia or Ss IgG were identified&#46; Despite of that&#44; a prophylactic regimen of ivermectin &#40;15<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg&#47;month&#41; was performed&#46;</p><p id="par0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Presently&#44; the patient remains without symptoms&#44; with normal peripheral eosinophil count and renal function preserved with SCr of 1&#46;5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg&#47;dl&#46;</p><p id="par0055" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Strongyloides stercoralis</span> is an intestinal nematode able to remain in the same host indefinitely&#44; due to a process known as autoinfection&#46; It can be asymptomatic or cause nonspecific symptoms like abdominal pain&#44; diarrhea and urticaria&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0060"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3</span></a></p><p id="par0060" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The latency and missed diagnosis of Ss infection&#44; as we know&#44; can be a problem if we prescribe high doses of immunosuppressive agents&#44; as the regimes used nowadays in kidney transplantation&#46;</p><p id="par0065" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">With the cell-mediated immunity impaired&#44; after immunosuppression initiation&#44; Ss larvae can freely disseminate in the gut and lungs&#44; causing gastrointestinal hemorrhage and dyspnea&#44; a clinical illness named as Strongyloides Hyperinfection Syndrome&#46; If not promptly controlled&#44; the larvae proliferation will cause multiple organ failure&#44; known as Disseminated Strongyloidiasis&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0055"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span></a></p><p id="par0070" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The incidence of hyperinfection and dissemination in kidney recipients remains unidentified but it is well-known the higher risk associated with latent Ss reactivation&#44; primary infection&#44; and less frequent&#44; donor-derived infection&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0065"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a></p><p id="par0075" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Donor strongyloidiasis does not contraindicate transplantation or delay kidney implantation&#46; The purpose of pre-transplant screening is to identify donor&#47;receptor pairs at higher risk of Ss reactivation that will benefit of prophylactic treatment and closer surveillance&#44; especially in the early post-transplant period&#46;</p><p id="par0080" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Some medical societies have recommended Ss pretransplant screening in recipients and donors from endemic areas<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0070"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5&#44;6</span></a> but&#44; what about the non-endemic areas and the impact of globalization and population migration flows in Ss global spread&#63; In fact&#44; recent data have confirmed a prevalence of Ss infection or seropositivity of 3&#37; in Central Europe&#44; among renal transplant recipients&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0055"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span></a></p><p id="par0085" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">One of the concerns with <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Ss</span> screening and prophylactic eradication are the costs&#46; However&#44; if we consider the improvement in overall patient and graft survival&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0075"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6</span></a> it seems reasonable to justify the implantation of the Ss screening in the pre-transplant protocol&#44; as we did it in our center&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0080"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7</span></a></p><p id="par0090" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">One important aspect to retain is that only a high level of suspicion by the clinicians will allow an early diagnosis and prompt treatment and Ss should not be forgotten&#46;</p><p id="par0095" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Regarding the therapeutic options available&#44; monotherapy may not be enough to control the dissemination in immunocompromised patients&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0085"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a></p><p id="par0100" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">We proposed albendazole and ivermectin association&#44; given the different mechanisms of action and absence of known interactions&#44; followed by a maintenance course withivermectin for 6 months&#44; given the higher risk of relapse and great tolerance&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0060"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3&#8211;5&#44;9</span></a></p><p id="par0105" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The purpose of this letter is to remind the high level of suspicion needed to a prompt diagnosis and treatment of Ss infection in kidney recipients and reinforce that pre-transplantation protocols should include Ss screening&#44; even in non-endemic areas&#46;</p></span>"
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