Man’s health crashes after getting donated kidney—it was riddled with worms

Image: Strongyloidiasis – Bronchial washing. Filariform larva of Strongyloides. Papanicolaou stain. Image credit: Dr. Yale Rosen Atlas of Pulmonary Pathology via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0. Article by Beth Mole. Ars Technica – June 20, 2025. Case record: The New England Journal of Medicine.

About two months after receiving a donated kidney, a 61-year-old man ended up back in the hospital. He was tired, nauseous, and vomiting. He was also excessively thirsty and producing too much urine. Over the next 10 days, things only got worse. The oxygen levels in his blood began to fall. His lungs filled with fluid. He kept vomiting. He couldn’t eat. Doctors inserted a feeding tube. His oxygen levels and blood pressure kept falling. He was admitted to the intensive care unit and put on mechanical ventilation. Still, things kept getting worse. […]

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