A second transplant patient also became infected, leading their doctors to surmise that their new kidneys were likely to ...

A second man from Albany, N.Y., aged 66, who received the donor’s other kidney also developed a parasitic infection, the ...

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The 61-year-old man received a new kidney from a deceased donor after being diagnosed with “nephrosclerosis-related end-stage ...

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But in the immunosuppressed, it can cause a deadly hyperinfection syndrome, with the worms going through accelerating and ...

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The girl's symptoms included vomiting live larvae, approximately 1 centimetre long, indicating a severe infestation.

When the child brushes her teeth or flushes the toilet, the worms might enter her system through splashes of water,' a doctor ...

A kidney transplant intended to save a 61-year-old man's life turned perilous due to an undetected parasitic roundworm. The ...