uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Strongyloides Hyperinfection Syndrome

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A 55-year-old retired soldier who served in Southeast Asia 30 years ago presents with Gram-negative bacteraemia and pneumonia. He has been on long-term prednisolone for COPD. Blood cultures grow Escherichia coli. Stool examination reveals filariform (L3) larvae. Which infection has likely facilitated his sepsis?

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