Prognosis
Once fully treated, strongyloides infection does not recur unless there is re-exposure to infected soil. Critical illness is more common when there are delays in diagnosis or in seeking health care. The mortality rate among patients who develop hyperinfection syndrome or disseminated strongyloidiasis may be as high as 90%. Of all people who develop hyperinfection, 40% to 60% will die. Absence of eosinophilia at presentation is a marker for >85% risk of mortality.[20][21]
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