Volume 34, Issue 2 pp. 173-175
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Parasitic larvae in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in a non-immunocompromised patient

Tarun Kumar

Tarun Kumar

Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar, India

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Tanya Prasad

Tanya Prasad

Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar, India

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Jitendra Singh Nigam

Corresponding Author

Jitendra Singh Nigam

Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bibinagar, Telangana, India

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Jitendra Singh Nigam, Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bibinagar, Telangana, India.

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Ruchi Sinha

Ruchi Sinha

Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar, India

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Punam Prasad Bhadani

Punam Prasad Bhadani

Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar, India

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First published: 15 December 2022
Citations: 1

Graphical Abstract

Strongyloides stercoralis is responsible for a significant human parasitic infection known as strongyloidiasis. In addition, pulmonary strongyloidiasis is one of the most critical signs of disseminated strongyloidiasis. In this instance, S. stercoralis was unexpectedly discovered in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

The authors declare there are no conflicts of interest.

DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT

Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analyzed in this study.

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