Case report: intraocular localization of Mansonella perstans in a patient from south Chad

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 st...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2002-11, Vol.96 (6), p.654-654
Hauptverfasser:	Bregani, Enrico Rino, Ceraldi, Tiziana, Rovellini, Angelo, Ghiringhelli, Chiara
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Animals Antinematodal Agents - therapeutic use Chad diethylcarbamazine Diethylcarbamazine - therapeutic use Eye Infections, Parasitic - drug therapy Eye Infections, Parasitic - parasitology filariasis Filaricides - therapeutic use Humans intraocular localization Male Mansonella - isolation & purification Mansonella perstans Mansonelliasis - complications Mansonelliasis - drug therapy mebendazole Mebendazole - therapeutic use Microfilariae Retinal Diseases - drug therapy Retinal Diseases - parasitology Vision Disorders - parasitology
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	0035-9203 1878-3503
DOI:	10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90343-3