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...
Main Authors: | Gerrit Kann, Hermann Juling, Valentina Ilievski, Gerrit Burger, Stephan Göttig, Christoph Stephan, Nils Wetzstein |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-09-01
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Series: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971223006562 |
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