title: Microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti in ascitic fluid.
abstract: We have presented a patient with ascites who demonstrated bancroftian microfilariae in the ascitic fluid. Such a presentation is exceedingly uncommon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Handa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wig
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Wali
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001201:Ascites / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000469:parasitology*; D005368:Filariasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014958:Wuchereria bancrofti / Q000302:isolation & purification*