Treatment of recurrent, filarial, Calabar-type oedema with mebendazole.
A case of recurrent, severe filarial Calabar-type oedema, causing acute discomfort in the patient, is described in a male Caucasian. An adult Loa loa worm but no microfilariae were present while Dipetalonema perstans microfilaraemia was extremely low. Treatment with mebendazole (1.5 g per day) for 21 days led to the disappearance of the clinical symptoms and microfilariae, and to a decrease of eosinophilia to normal values.
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D000328:Adult; D004154:Dipetalonema Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004487:Edema / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D005368:Filariasis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005681:Gabon; D006801:Humans; D008117:Loa; D008118:Loiasis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008463:Mebendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012008:Recurrence
D008463:Mebendazole