[Filarial meningoencephalitis: discussion of a case].
Loiasis treatment by diethylcarbamazine (DEC) may be complicated by a meningoencephalitis that is often fatal. Following one case, four others have been reviewed in the literature and the therapeutic approach in resuscitation departments discussed. Until the discovery of other less-dangerous microfilaricidal or macrofilaricidal drugs, we raise the question of the opportunity to treat loiasis by DEC, while many authors consider it as a simple nuisance.
Vitris
M
M
Département d'Anesthésie-Réanimation, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Yaoundé, Cameroun.
Nkam
M
M
Binam
F
F
Biouele
M
M
Moyo
S
S
Hengy
C
C
D000328:Adult; D002163:Cameroon; D004049:Diethylcarbamazine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005368:Filariasis; D006801:Humans; D008118:Loiasis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*
D004049:Diethylcarbamazine
Méningoencéphalite filarienne: discussion à propos d'un cas.