Motile microfilaria captured by fluorescent microscopy and the unmasking of eosinophilia following treatment
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 onl...
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| author | Gerrit Kann Hermann Juling Valentina Ilievski Gerrit Burger Stephan Göttig Christoph Stephan Nils Wetzstein |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-fc6282e9322d4bb8976e28470e0743cc2023-08-06T04:36:48ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases1201-97122023-09-01134285286Motile microfilaria captured by fluorescent microscopy and the unmasking of eosinophilia following treatmentGerrit Kann0Hermann Juling1Valentina Ilievski2Gerrit Burger3Stephan Göttig4Christoph Stephan5Nils Wetzstein6Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Infektiologikum, Frankfurt am Main, GermanyInstitute of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, GermanyInstitute of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, GermanyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL), Lambaréné, GabonInstitute of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, GermanyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, GermanyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Corresponding author.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.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971223006562Loa loaFilariosisMicrofilaremiaMigrant healthNeglected tropical diseasesNTDs |
| spellingShingle | Gerrit Kann Hermann Juling Valentina Ilievski Gerrit Burger Stephan Göttig Christoph Stephan Nils Wetzstein Motile microfilaria captured by fluorescent microscopy and the unmasking of eosinophilia following treatment International Journal of Infectious Diseases Loa loa Filariosis Microfilaremia Migrant health Neglected tropical diseases NTDs |
| title | Motile microfilaria captured by fluorescent microscopy and the unmasking of eosinophilia following treatment |
| title_full | Motile microfilaria captured by fluorescent microscopy and the unmasking of eosinophilia following treatment |
| title_fullStr | Motile microfilaria captured by fluorescent microscopy and the unmasking of eosinophilia following treatment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Motile microfilaria captured by fluorescent microscopy and the unmasking of eosinophilia following treatment |
| title_short | Motile microfilaria captured by fluorescent microscopy and the unmasking of eosinophilia following treatment |
| title_sort | motile microfilaria captured by fluorescent microscopy and the unmasking of eosinophilia following treatment |
| topic | Loa loa Filariosis Microfilaremia Migrant health Neglected tropical diseases NTDs |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971223006562 |
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