Motile microfilaria captured by fluorescent microscopy and the unmasking of eosinophilia following treatment

Autor: Gerrit Kann, Hermann Juling, Valentina Ilievski, Gerrit Burger, Stephan Göttig, Christoph Stephan, Nils Wetzstein
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 134, Iss , Pp 285-286 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1201-9712
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2023.07.006
Popis: A 24-year-old patient from Cameroon presented to our hospital because of a foreign structure in her left eye. To our knowledge, for the first time, fluorescent microscopy revealed motile microfilariae, and the diagnosis of loiasis was established. Despite substantial microfilaremia, eosinophilia only unmasked after the initiation of antiparasitic therapy.
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