Strongyloidiasis: A case with acute pancreatitis and a literature review

Table 2 Reported cases of acute pancreatitis associated with Strongyloides stercoralis

Case	Age (yr)/gender	Place of origin	Presentation	Eosinophil count(per mm3)	Amylase(U/L)	Lipase(U/L)	Diagnostic method	Treatment	Ref.
1	44/F	West Indies (Caribbean)	Abdominal pain Fever Pruritus	210	Not provided	Not provided	Examination of biliary fluid obtained through percutaneous biliary drain	Thiabendazole	Delarocque Astagneau et al[14], 1994
2	45/F	Ecuador	Abdominal pain Nausea Vomiting	900	259	1574	Endoscopic duodenal biopsy Stool examination	Albendazole Thiabendazole Ivermectin	Núñez et al[15], 2003
3	81/F	Kentucky, USA	Abdominal pain Nausea Vomiting	1254	2100	>2000	Examination of biliary fluid obtained through ERCP	Albendazole	Perez-Jorge et al[16], 2008
4	64/M	Puerto Rico	Abdominal pain Nausea Vomiting Dyspnea Confusion	776	4367	>396	Clinical history and stool examination	Ivermectin	Jones et al[17], 2009
5 (our case)	48/M	Dominican Republic	Abdominal pain	10900	263	476	Endoscopic duodenal biopsy and serology	Ivermectin	Makker et al, 2015

ERCP: Endoscopic retrograde cholangio pancreatography.