Monosymptomatic Loa loa infection.
We report the case of a 17-year-old student from Cameroon who presented an atypical, mono-symptomatic form of Loa loa infection, characterized only by rare subcutaneous movements of adult worms.
de Viragh
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Department of Dermatology DHURDV, Lausanne, Switzerland. pviragh@hola.hospvd.ch
Guggisberg
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Derighetti
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van Saanen
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Panizzon
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D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004049:Diethylcarbamazine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005369:Filaricides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008117:Loa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008118:Loiasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D008842:Microfilariae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology
D005369:Filaricides; D004049:Diethylcarbamazine