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<Articles JournalTitle="Acta Medica Iranica">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Acta Medica Iranica</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>0044-6025</Issn>
      <Volume>59</Volume>
      <Issue>9</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2021</Year>
        <Month>10</Month>
        <Day>16</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Strongyloides stercoralis Larvae in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid in the Asthmatic Patient: A Case Report</title>
    <FirstPage>560</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>563</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Seyed Amir</FirstName>
        <LastName>Miratashi Yazdi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of General Surgery, SinaHospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Elham</FirstName>
        <LastName>Nazar</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Pathology, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2020</Year>
        <Month>08</Month>
        <Day>02</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2021</Year>
        <Month>08</Month>
        <Day>09</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">&#xA0;Strongyloides stercoralis is a common cause of gastrointestinal infection. Symptoms are usually mild, but in the setting of impaired host immunity, severe and disseminated illnesses may occur. The present report describes a male patient with a history of asthma and corticosteroid therapy, now presented with dyspnea and abdominal pain. Examinations show Strongyloides stercoralis larvae in Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid specimens. The patients who have undergone immunosuppressive therapy are highly indicated for Strongyloides stercoralis screening which prevents hyperinflation in endemic areas.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/8690</web_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
