Table 1 Clinical symptoms of patients with high intensity Strongyloides stercoralis infection: before and after ivermectin treatment, 2010
From: Strongyloides stercoralis is a cause of abdominal pain, diarrhea and urticaria in rural Cambodia
Clinical Examination | Before treatment | After treatment | |
|---|---|---|---|
S. stercoralis negative | S. stercoralis positive | ||
N = 21, n (%) | N = 18, n (%) | N = 3, n (%) | |
Tired (yes) | 8 (38.1) | 1 (5.5) | 1 (33.3) |
Anorexia/loss of appetite (yes) | 6 (28.6) * | 0 | 0 |
Abdominal pain (yes) | 20 (95.2) * | 4 (22.2) | 2 (66.7) |
Epigastric pain | 11 (55.0) | 1 (25.0) | 1 (50.0) |
Right hypochondrial pain | 6 (30.0) | 1 (25.0) | 0 |
Left hypochondrial pain | 1 (5.0) | 0 | 0 |
Peri-umbilical pain | 13 (65.0) | 3 (75.0) | 2 (100) |
Under umbilical pain | 2 (10.0) | 0 | 0 |
Diarrhea (yes) | 18 (85.7) * | 3 (16.6) | 2 (66.7) |
Greasy | 13 (72.2) | 2 (66.7) | 1 (50.0) |
Bloody | 9 (50.0) | 1 (33.3) | 1 (50.0) |
Liquid/Semi-liquid | 17 (94.4) | 3 (100) | 2 (100) |
Constipation more than a week (yes) | 3 (14.3) | 2 (11.1) | 0 |
Urticaria on body, hands or legs during one to two weeks (yes) | 14 (66.7) * | 2 (11.1) | 1 (33.3) |
Urticaria on the body and hand during one week, particularly at night (yes) | 5 (23.8) | 0 | 1 (33.3) |
Cough more than one week. Most cough with sputum and mostly at night (yes) | 11 (52.4) | 4 (22.2) | 1 (33.3) |
Pale conjunctiva (yes) | 8 (38.1) * | 0 | 0 |
Febrile at night during 3 days (yes) | 1 (4.8) | 0 | 0 |