Case report: intraocular localization of Mansonella perstans in a patient from south Chad
| Autor: | Angelo Rovellini, Tiziana Ceraldi, Chiara Ghiringhelli, Enrico Rino Bregani |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty food.ingredient genetic structures Mebendazole Vision Disorders Helminthiasis Microfilaria Diethylcarbamazine Filariasis food Retinal Diseases parasitic diseases Mansonelliasis medicine Animals Humans Helminths Mansonella perstans Eye Infections Parasitic Microfilariae biology business.industry Antinematodal Agents Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine Mansonella medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Dermatology eye diseases Filaricides Infectious Diseases Parasitology business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 96:654 |
| ISSN: | 0035-9203 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0035-9203(02)90343-3 |
| Popis: | A case of Mansonella perstans infection with visual impairment and a retinal lesion is described. After a course of diethylcarbamazine and a further course of mebendazole the symptoms improved and the microfilariae blood concentration decreased. The symptoms and response to antifilarial treatment strongly suggested the intraocular localization of an M. perstans worm. |
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